Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...speedy Crimson line made many prolonged forays into Williams territory, but a mistake on offense or a sparkling Eph defensive play put an end to every threat. Hampered by inaccurate passing, the varsity's attack showed the same fault that has characterized it all season--the lack of a real scoring punch...
...presidential intervention in the strike was plainly necessary. It had dragged on into the longest nationwide steel strike in U.S. history. The huge steel inventories piled up in warehouses when the strike began back in mid-July had dwindled so drastically that manufacturers were starting to schedule layoffs for lack of steel. A dozen appliance manufacturers warned that they would have to shut down completely by mid-October unless the strike ended...
Unforutnately many of the Cubans lack the political sophistication to identify the ideas as communist. However, Americans fail to realize that in some cases, especially in the purely economic realm, communist ideas may coincide with the best interests of Cuba and of most Cubans...
Seldom does the movie overwork a scene. It lingers over each stiuation just long enough to make its point, then hurries on to the next. Things happen fast: brawls and arguments occur quickly enough to seem truly brutal. The only fault of the movie lies in its curious lack of proportion in handling its love scenes. The focus on Harvey's affair is so weighty that there is a tendency to watch it for its own sake and not as an integral part of the story. Drawn out and over-explicit, it presents a misleading picture of the affair, making...
...varsity's victory seems convincing enough, the team's showing yesterday is no assurance of a successful season. Providence was strong enough to post a respectable score against the Crimson, and the only thing that kept the Friars from making things really close for the varsity was their lack of depth. Many Ivy League teams may have sufficient second-line material to give Coach Bill McCurdy's perenially powerful team a rough treatment...