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Encyclopedia > Lack
Look up lack in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

To lack something is to not have it. Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...


Lack can also refer to:

David Lambert Lack (July 16, 1910 - March 12, 1973) was a British ornithologist and biologist. ... Lack Township is a township located in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. ... Lack is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. ... Lack (manque) in Lacan is always related to desire. ...

See also

  • Lakh, a term in India for 100000(105).
A lakh (Hindi/Nepali : लाख, Urdu: Ù„Ú©Ú¾, Bengali: , Telugu : లక్ష, Tamil : இலட்சம்) is a unit in the Indian numbering system, widely used both in official and other contexts in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Pakistan. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Lacks admitted that she allowed students to use profanity in the classroom in the context of performing the plays they had written and reading aloud the poems they had composed.
Lacks could not say with certainty that she would be able to teach at Berkeley High School if her students were not given the freedom to use profanity in their creative activities.
Lacks responds to this problem by arguing that the school board was influenced by the bias of the administrators, and that the board consequently served as the conduit, or "cat's paw," of the racial animus of the school administration.
Henrietta Lacks - definition of Henrietta Lacks in Encyclopedia (155 words)
Henrietta Lacks (August 18 (?) 1920 – October 4 1951) died of cervical cancer in 1951, at the age of 31.
Cells taken from her tumor were cultured by Dr.
There is considerable controversy relating to the use of Henrietta Lacks' cells for research without her permission, and there are movements towards giving her recognition as an unwitting contributor to medical research.
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