Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unsmiling face looked pale without the makeup he usually wears before TV cameras, his eyelids sagged with fatigue and his hands gripped the lectern tightly. But he spoke in determined and sometimes angry tones, projecting with considerable success the sense of leadership that he has often seemed to lack...
...machines have all been destroyed or closed. Until 1975 the Ruseokeo textile plant on the outskirts of the city employed 600 workers making cotton cloth. With help from OXFAM, the Oxford-based relief agency, it has since reopened, but only half of its looms are being used. Reason: a lack of spare parts for the steam boiler that drives them. Complains Manager Tiv Chhivky, 45, "I don't know what parts to ask for. We want to reconstruct, but we don't have the money...
...Lack of depth in the sprints, a problem which has plagued the Crimson for the past two years, may hobble the squad again this season. Hunt says he's looking to freshman Alida Catillo to add a needed spark in those events...
...admission of the ex-Shah to the U.S. is interpreted by Iranians as a politically motivated action, indicative of continued U.S. support for the deposed Shah and the forces of reaction for which he stands. It is regarded as a provocation reflecting a lack of respect for the will of the Iranian people. It comes as no surprise that it was orchestrated by characters such as Rockefeller and Kissinger, representatives of the power centers who had supported and benefitted from the Shah's regime...
Simply, it meant the difference between a win and a loss. Last Wednesday, when the penalty killers committed mass suicide and allowed three power-play goals by Providence College, Coach Bill Cleary's words were "a lack of discipline...