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But his arguments in this area failed his own “test of truth,” for they
lacked
“the power…to get…accepted in the competition of the market.”
But if monetary union succeeds, it will give to the European project the strong foundation it has
lacked.
The country as a whole operated as a loose confederation that, like the European Union today,
lacked
taxing and other authority.
Some states
lacked
the resources to pay.
James Madison, who would become the Constitution’s principal author, couldn’t borrow to buy land in frontier Virginia, because lenders
lacked
confidence that Virginia courts could enforce repayment.
It became obvious that Russia, for all its bravado, was in fact an economic, political, and social basket case, and the country was in such a state precisely because it
lacked
those bracing Western freedoms.
Although they
lacked
experience in narcotics eradication, many NGOs based in Peshawar and Pakistan’s North West Frontier jumped at the opportunity to secure USAID money, proposing ill-considered programs.
Young women and girls
lacked
access to even the most basic information about reproductive health.
But it
lacked
commitments by large developing countries, such as China and India, and, largely for that reason, the United States never ratified the treaty.
Moreover, the Board was forced to act under intense time pressure and
lacked
the information needed to challenge management recommendations.
Despite their elite status, the Guard
lacked
the skill to hold their ground or inflict casualties.
One could argue that images of these leaders and their henchmen
lacked
the artistic value of great churches of medieval England, or Tang Dynasty Buddhist sculptures in China.
And the process for selecting those partners should have the proper regulatory framework and concern for competition that the recent bungled auction
lacked.
Iran
lacked
an independent judiciary, basic press freedoms, and civil society organizations.
As John Limbert, the erudite Iran scholar and retired US diplomat (taken hostage in Iran for 444 days) once reflected on the 1979 Iranian revolution, “Our liberal-minded Iranian friends proved to be helpless in political turmoil....[T]hey could write biting editorials,” but
lacked
the stomach to “throw acid, beat up opponents, organize street gangs...and engage in the brutality that wins” in political uprisings.
Of course, the building
lacked
poetry.
For much of the crisis, beginning in 2014, we
lacked
the equipment and materials needed to contain the deadly virus.
That is how the Bank ended up with several inappropriate leaders, including several bankers and political insiders who
lacked
the knowledge and interest to lead the fight against poverty.
While previous prime ministers like Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir were not averse to lecturing, they
lacked
strategic cunning.
From the outset of the Syrian conflict, the US and its European allies have
lacked
a strategy.
This is not because Merkel
lacked
vision: in April 2010, she described a Germany powered by improved education and innovation.
They also recognized that they
lacked
the power to challenge the US-led security order or offer a feasible alternative.
Berlusconi’s policy platforms, even his fundamental ideology, have always
lacked
consistency.
His shrill voice
lacked
the gravitas associated with the office, and he seemed statesmanlike only in situations that naturally created that image for him, such as the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris and, more controversially, France’s intervention in Mali in 2013.
I think that part of the reason must be that the problem was poorly understood then, so that contingent capital could not be well articulated and
lacked
the force of argument that would allow it to be impressed upon government policy makers.
It
lacked
strategy at a time when both countries face formidable challenges on many fronts.
Had Cameron brought an economic-growth agenda to the summit, he would have been fighting for something real, and would not have
lacked
allies.
But as Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer of the University of California, Berkeley, have shown, countries throughout the post-war period that
lacked
the monetary or fiscal space to deal with a financial crisis often suffered from output shortfalls of 10% or more even a decade after the fact.
The world economy now has functional international institutions – such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization (WTO) – that it
lacked
prior to the Second World War.
What is true is that the Israelis
lacked
a coherent war plan, so that even their most purposeful bombing came off as brutally destructive (though with a deterrence payoff, as Syria’s immobility showed).
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