Word: shortness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While the stickwork of some of the team may be short of ideal, the skating of the squad as a whole is good. Mixed with lots of fight, it goes a long way, and may bring Harvard the Quad title...
Moreover, the report shows that the courses which the members of the Class of 1939 selected for distribution do not adequately cover the main fields of knowledge. The most glaring short-coming is that men concentrating in the social sciences and humanities gain very little acquaintance with the natural sciences...
...fall of 1931 it was barely saved when twelve Philadelphia banks, investing in panic-prevention, pledged it $50,000,000 credit, deposited $12,000,000 cash. Later the twelve banks, backed up by Reconstruction Finance Corp., forced the resignation of the president, hired instead short, short-tempered George Washington Brown Jr., RFC's former Philadelphia manager...
...collection of Byron's letters owned by Publisher John Murray. His Byron: The Years of Fame was the sprightly result; his preoccupation with the 18th Century followed. In the spirit of the age, Quennell has rapidly taken three wives, all blondes and beauties. As a 20th-century Englishman short of cash, he works full time for an advertising agency (now moved to Brighton...
...slung design for prairie dwellings is an example of his successful attempt to make architecture conform to the contours of the surrounding countryside. His expert handling of the floating cantilever principle in constructing the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo enabled that building to withstand the great earthquake of 1923. In short, the man has succeeded in combining grace and utility, those two perfect mates who are seldom seen together, in almost every building he has created...