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Not surprisingly, they lacked any plan for stabilizing the market in its wake.
Mr. Kohler lacked all of these characteristics.
Countries with few “letters” lack incentives to accumulate more letters, because they cannot do much with any additional one: you would not want a TV remote control if you didn’t have a TV, and you would not want a TV broadcasting company if your potential customers lacked electricity.
Sadat’s peace overtures were defeated not because they lacked merit, but because Egypt was perceived as not having a military option to back them up.
The logic is obvious: If we in developed democracies had lacked the right to protest, speak out, organize unions, and vote for representatives of our choosing, we would never have ended child labor or established the eight-hour workday.
Moreover, since 1991 and the collapse of the Soviet system, the left has lacked a clear model with which to oppose capitalism.
Through it all, efforts to build mutual security in the Euro-Atlantic region have lacked urgency and creativity.
In Libya, Europe finally had the will to lead, but it lacked the means, and still relied heavily on the US.
If investors in derivatives, repos, and credit-default swaps lacked favored treatment, they would behave differently.
Dwight Eisenhower ran an efficiently organized presidency that some at the time believed lacked leadership, but historians later discovered his hidden hand behind most important decisions.
While Reagan excelled in vision, communication, and emotional intelligence, he lacked the skills of leadership as management.
Notwithstanding the importance of these commitments in setting out opportunities for China’s middle class, they lacked a critical component: incentives for Chinese families to convert their newfound income into discretionary consumption.
But Modi’s interventions to calm troubled waters have lacked the leadership and passion he demonstrates elsewhere.
Ancient Chinese philosophers like Confucius and Mencius believed human nature was innately good, while Xunzi thought it was evil and lacked a moral compass.
Because his predecessor Hu Jintao lacked sufficient political capital to do likewise, China followed a largely passive path for a decade, pursuing conciliatory diplomacy (which enraged its citizens) and economically conservative strategies (which included suspending necessary reforms).
The speed with which debates in the French Estates General evolved into a revolt against the Bourbons reflected the deepening sense among ordinary Frenchmen that Louis XVI's rule lacked legitimacy.
In fact, it was largely a necessary concession to Germany’s Constitutional Court, which had argued that the bailout measures lacked a proper legal basis.
Others have lacked educational opportunities or have dropped out of school.
They lacked the authority.
Elected with 35% of the vote, he lacked a majority in Congress, and the opposition refused to acknowledge his victory.
But Hollande lacked charisma, and his foreign-policy activism threw into sharp relief France’s faltering economy, which has weakened its standing on the world stage.
Individuals on the front lines have lacked intuitive tools that link insights to action.
From now on, she will require a trait that she has lacked so far: leadership and decision-making skills.
The Kerner Commission described a country in which African-Americans faced systematic discrimination, suffered from inadequate education and housing, and lacked access to economic opportunities.
The reasons seem obvious: the military regimes lacked legitimacy and were ultimately based on force and intimidation, while the monarchical dynasties seem to be anchored in history, tradition, and religion.
But this situation also reflected the fact that the US lacked the market infrastructure needed for the dollar to play an international role.
In particular, the US lacked a liquid market in trade acceptances, the instrument used to finance imports and exports.
And it lacked a a central bank to backstop that market.
Finally, the Bush administration’s use of power has lacked not only a compelling strategy or doctrine, but also simple competence.
The Jews, who long lacked their own territory, found modernity elsewhere, then brought it to Israel.
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