Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...During these two years," she said, "we have been somewhat frightened by the silence of our countrymen created by the lack of community or mass singing. . . ." To break the silence, President Ober had arranged for a "national chorus" of 950 voices. When this great choir trooped into Baltimore's Lyric Theatre to perform such easily negotiable gems as Ah, Love but a Day by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, it had to be placed in the orchestra seats while the audience sat on the stage. When part of the national chorus, transported to the World's Fair, reached...
...five years before Dr. Charlie graduated from medical school at Northwestern University, a cyclone hit Rochester, injuring 300 citizens. Appalled at Rochester's lack of facilities, old Dr. Mayo began to build a clinic. When it opened in 1889, he was 70 and ready to retire, but both sons pitched in and divided the work between them. From the beginning they specialized in surgery. Will did abdomens; Charlie, everything else. They worked up a large practice, went East and abroad for extensive postgraduate study, and in 15 years found themselves world-famous...
...result of this lack of enthusiasm," Sargent stated, "interests turn away from studies, social obligations claiming almost all the preparatory graduate's time. To make up for the lack of application to his studies he is forced to go to tutoring school...
Cornell's weaknesses are lack of pitching strength beyond Sickles and a tendency for their infield to blow up completely on certain occasions, but at present they are in a first place tie with Harvard...
...idea is that the distinctive characteristics of a single human being, such as a Maine fisherman, are the qualities which lend a positive tone to poetic translations of human nature. One cannot write convincingly of a universal type of human being, for even if it existed, it would lack the compelling reality which inspires poetry. The force and enthusiasm behind a poem is one factor which determines its ability to convey an impression, and it is rare that such force is generated entirely from the imagination. By discarding vague observations on humanity in favor of the examination of concrete human...