In sum, the national government will lack both the authority and the means to govern Iraq.

The European Union s institutions still lack the authority and credibility needed to take on this role.

Efforts like the G 20 are welcome, but they lack authority and capacity, in addition to suffering from excessive size.

Governments lack a national currency to depreciate, and lack the power to relax credit, having delegated monetary policy to the European Central Bank.

None of this is surprising, and little of it can be managed by a new government that lacks experience, market confidence, and full control of the levers of power.

They are grievously short of funds.

Although Medvedev and Putin have apparently adopted a viable power sharing arrangement, Russia s stunted political institutions lack the capacity to root out corruption and other inefficiencies.

Indeed, the upcoming summit is missing an important agenda item a European Fiscal Authority (EFA) that, in partnership with the ECB, could do what the ECB cannot do on its own.

What China lacked was not demand for consumption goods, but a supply of high quality financial assets.

While the right medicine needed to avoid fiscal train wrecks is well known, the main constraint to fiscal consolidation and discipline is that weak governments around the world lack the political power and willingness to implement austerity.

Is the media silence politically motivated in the name of balancing security and civil liberties ? While events in Sinai go underreported and the power structures of Egypt are still unsettled, it s difficult to make estimations about how wild this west is.

India is not about to become a second China it lacks both the means and the ambition.

They lack organization and strategy.

They also lack a vibrant civil society.

It also lacks any pigmentation in its skin.

The police however lacked basic equipment.

Access to justice for women is lacking.

Some states lacked the resources to pay.

This practice is also unwise.

I believe that such views lack historical perspective.

The state of Palestine would lack legitimacy among Palestinians themselves.

It lacks support at home and respect abroad.

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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Unfortunately, the process lacks the necessary transparency and credibility.

Municipalities are lacking qualified solid waste managers.

Bosnia and Herzegovina still lacked a coherent agricultural policy.

The border units are not well equipped or resourced, however.

Moreover, the measures as whole usually lack visibility.

Perhaps the Government lacked the capacity to do so.

This refers to two different types of power, which are possession of power and exercising power.

After all, banks remain deeply unpopular in all developed countries.

Unfortunately, Israel is missing a coherent regional strategy.

Clearly, Turkey s political institutions lack adequate safeguards.

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But this very political strength is precisely what both the Israeli and Palestinian governments lack.

It also lacks the means to compel others to follow its lead.

But political leadership was sorely lacking.

It is clear that modern Russia lacks global status in the Soviet sense.

Even today, donor governments aid efforts are poorly directed.

Allegations that the scheme lacks nutritional value have been disproved.

We are small countries, with small economies that lack fiscal diversity.

The court considered that the complainant's allegations lacked any justification .

However, Palestinian security services lacked equipment, ammunition and adequate means of communication.

Proposals to address that matter continue to lack consensus.