Word: devoid
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...engine that French scientists are now putting their greatest efforts. To get the maximum horse-power with a minimum weight is the present problem of aeronautics. If the engine ceases to supply power the aeroplane has to descend and if this happens over a country devoid of suitable landing places the results are bound to be serious...
...second half Cutler kicked off to Lewis, who ran the ball back twenty yards and then returned the kick to the middle of the field, where Loftus recovered it and carried it over the line. Lewis kicked the goal. With the exception of the touchdown, the game was devoid of sensational features, and the onside kicks and forward passes proved unsuccessful without an exception...
...afternoon in a ten-inning game by the score of 3 to 2. It was only by an exciting batting rally in the tenth that Harvard gained a victory that should have been won earlier in the game. Except for that one inning it was a tedious game and devoid of interest. Harvey's running catch of a low fly in the third inning and the extraordinary umpiring were the only noteworthy incidents until that time...
...Youth," by H. M. Trieber. The former is good because, with its direct and easy style it elaborates a half grave, half humorous thought with something of the same charm that a good conversationalist may give to even a little topic. The latter is worthy of mention, because, though devoid of any especial skill in phrasing, it does draw a characterization that smacks of real human nature. It seems genuine, even if not altogether finished, and after all genuineness is what one most wants in stories for College periodicals. Even trivial incidents, if through their connection with our undergraduate experiences...
...paper has raised for itself higher standards for its verse and prose and that it wants neither good taste nor suitable material to attain them. It is regrettable, however, that, in a number in most respects kept well above the plane of the amateur, the editorials should be so devoid of individuality as to be shallow. "May Songs"--a four part lyric--abounds in happy thoughts and pretty imagery and is beautifully illustrative in its fourth part of the effectiveness of well managed pathos when put into verse. "The Letter of Condolence," a story taken from college life, unlike many...