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lack and success
When Grant's spring campaigns turned into bloody stalemates and Union casualties mounted, the lack of military success wore heavily on the President's re-election prospects, and many Republicans across the country feared that Lincoln would be defeated.
Lawry was sacked after the Sixth Test after the selectors finally lost patience with Australia's lack of success and dour strategy.
They justified this relatively low ranking ( though higher than every other Atari console save the 2600 ) with the summary statement: " Its delayed release, its cancelled peripherals, and a lack of financial backing from the company's new owners all combined to ensure that Atari 7800 would never see any success beyond being a sexier way of playing Atari 2600 titles.
This version was also played in Hamburg, Dresden, Hanover, and Berlin, although, in the wake of protests and a lack of success, Niemann-Raabe eventually restored the original ending.
Alston entered the pre-architectural program only to lose interest upon seeing the lack of success many African American architects had in the field.
The lack of senior management sponsorship can also hinder the success of a new CRM system.
So was his usual lack of success.
It is because of the lack of support for fiscal conservatism that federal parties such as the Canadian Alliance never had much success in the region, and the level of support for the new Conservative Party of Canada in the region is uncertain.
The possibility of a digital planned economy was explored by Chile with the creation of Project Cybersyn, the project was a success in many ways but due to the lack of computer technology and need for constant human input was limited in comparison to modern and more advanced technology.
Wagoner and Parton were both frustrated by her lack of solo success, because he had a significant financial stake in her future: as of 1969, he was her co-producer and owned nearly half of Owepar, the publishing company Parton had founded with Bill Owens.
By 1970, both Parton and Wagoner had grown frustrated by her lack of solo chart success, and Porter had her record Jimmie Rodgers ' " Mule Skinner Blues ", a gimmick that worked.
Because of his lack of commercial success, Bowie was forced to try to earn a living in different ways.
PBS telecast the series, beginning in January 1980 ; the general format was that of Dr. Friedman visiting and narrating a number of success and failure stories in history, which Dr. Friedman attributes to capitalism or the lack thereof ( e. g. Hong Kong is commended for its free markets, while India is excoriated for relying on centralized planning especially for its protection of its traditional textile industry ).
Alexander partially blames the lack of success on the mood of the country after 9 / 11.
The Royals ' recent lack of success, however, as well as the Yankees ' more popular and historic rivalry with the Boston Red Sox has caused this rivalry to lose its prominence.
The lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the band's vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects.
Russia under Peter I ( Peter the Great ) attempted to pursue mercantilism, but had little success because of Russia's lack of a large merchant class or an industrial base.
The lack of third-party support kept the number of new games very limited, but the success of the Philips Videopac G7000 overseas led to two other companies producing games for it: Parker Brothers released Popeye, Frogger, Q * Bert and Super Cobra, while Imagic released versions of their hit games Demon Attack and Atlantis.
After months of financial difficulty and lack of market success, Punch became a staple for British drawing rooms because of its sophisticated humour and absence of offensive material, especially when viewed against the satirical press of the time.
The lack of a sufficient individual education, due to a perhaps intentionally provoked low quality of school, is then considered one of the major reasons for the success of such attempts.
Disappointed with the lack of interest from government in Mars exploration and after the success of his book The Case for Mars as well as leadership experience at the National Space Society, Zubrin established the Mars Society in 1998.
By this stage in their career, the band were acutely aware of the pressure they were under from EMI, who were unhappy with the lack of chart success of much of the material the band had released since their Positive Touch LP in 1981.
Repeated motions must be " so devoid of merit and be so frivolous that they can be described as a flagrant abuse of the system, have no reasonable probability of success, lack reasonable or probable cause or excuse, and are clearly meant to abuse the processes of the courts and to harass the adverse party than other litigants.
Despite his lack of significant family connections or success in office, he achieved praetorship in either 39 or 40, at the youngest age permitted ( 30 ), during a period of political upheaval in the organisation of elections.

lack and steadily
There are about 100 balds, although those caused by fire are steadily being lost due to a lack of recent fires.
As the Napoleonic Wars progress, he gains promotion steadily as a result of his skill and daring, despite his initial poverty and lack of influential friends.
In the following months, as Hitler's lack of commitment to the Munich agreement became clearer, Halifax worked steadily to assemble a stronger British position, pushing Chamberlain to take economic steps to underpin British interests in Eastern Europe and prevent additional military supplies ( e. g. tungsten ) from Germany.
Despite his lack of volubility, he rises steadily into the ranks of the TCS Tiger's Claw, eventually leading his flight wing to numerous successes in the Vega Sector campaign, Operation Thor's Hammer and the Firekkan campaign, eventually reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and being awarded numerous medals, including the Terran Confederation Medal of Honor.
Despite the lack of advanced training facilities, Ze ' evi continued training in his local club and steadily closed the gap to world class level, and began competing abroad.
Due to mass lack of enforcement and education, the African manatee population is still being steadily depleted.
The adoption of ICF construction has steadily increased since the 1970s though adoption has been hampered by lack of awareness, building codes, and confusion caused by many different manufacturers selling slightly different ICF designs rather than focusing on industry standardization.
The New England region's economy grew steadily over the entire colonial era, despite the lack of a staple crop that could be exported.
The population, which was over 10, 000 in the 1950s, has been shrinking steadily through the years due to social changes, lack of local work and heavy emigration.
The last de facto president, Reynaldo Bignone, was forced to call for elections by the lack of support within the Army itself and the steadily growing pressure of public opinion.
While it was thought by earlier critics to lack the polish appropriate to a work of high-classical art music, it has grown steadily in reputation.
These monuments also suffer from the lack of protection and their number steadily diminishes.
However, the game has grown steadily since its formation in the 1980s despite a chronic lack of funds that has hindered the game's expansion and development.

lack and eroded
Due to the lack of vegetation, the much more rugged terrain at that time was heavily eroded by water, wind and by soil fluction ; this resulted in valleys like the Totengrund.
Lang's lack of success at state elections ( he was defeated in 1932, 1935 and 1938 ) eroded his support within the labour movement and resulted in some members of caucus, including Bob Heffron, to break away to form the Industrial Labor Party.

lack and interest
Since attack serves to stimulate interest in broadcasts, I added to my opening statement a sentence in which I claimed that German youth seemed to lack the enthusiasm which is a necessary ingredient of anger, and might be classified as uninterested and bored rather than angry.
Either it is lack of training, lack of proper screening when hiring, lack of management or possibly lack of interest on the part of the telephone company, which does have a Government-blessed monopoly.
No satisfactory solution has been found, but this is due more to the difficulties inherent in the problem than to a lack of interest or diligence on the part of the assessors.
The reason is that there is a lack of interest on the part of the community.
Hurt by his lack of interest and attention, Mary complained often that he didn't help around the house, and that he didn't really care about the family.
Alfonso's late marriage and his failure to remarry and produce the essential legitimate heir that should have been a dynastic linchpin of his aggressive territorial policies have been adduced as a lack of interest in women.
A deeper criticism of Green archaeoastronomy is that while it can answer whether there was likely to be an interest in astronomy in past times, its lack of a social element means that it struggles to answer why people would be interested, which makes it of limited use to people asking questions about the society of the past.
He was expelled from Harvard twice: first for spending all his money partying with a vaudeville troupe, and then, after having been readmitted, for his " irresponsibility and lack of interest.
Signs and symptoms of the depressive phase of bipolar disorder include persistent feelings of sadness, anxiety, guilt, anger, isolation, or hopelessness ; disturbances in sleep and appetite ; fatigue and loss of interest in usually enjoyable activities ; problems concentrating ; loneliness, self-loathing, apathy or indifference ; depersonalization ; loss of interest in sexual activity ; shyness or social anxiety ; irritability, chronic pain ( with or without a known cause ); lack of motivation ; and morbid suicidal ideation.
Unemployment and idle resources are, for Keynes, caused by a lack of effective demand ; for Hayek, they stem from a previous, unsustainable episode of easy money and artificially low interest rates.
The Finnish Social Democrats lack of interest in revolutionary activity and primary interest in sovereignty was a disappointment to Lenin.
Wodehouse against charges of being a Nazi sympathiser, a defence based on Wodehouse's lack of interest in and ignorance of politics.
In spite of having previously passed his exams in both biology and physics, his lack of interest in geology resulted in his failure to pass and the subsequent loss of his scholarship.
Hadrian's military skill is not well attested due to a lack of military action during his reign ; however, his keen interest and knowledge of the army and his demonstrated skill of leadership show possible strategic talent.
Ferry services from Hobart's Eastern Shore into the city were once a common form of public transportation, but with lack of government funding, as well as a lack of interest from the private sector, there has been the demise of a regular commuter ferry service – leaving Hobart's commuters relying solely on travel by automobiles and buses.
For the 2008 season, the Ranger III carried visitors to / from Windigo on several occasions, this proved to be a failure and was discontinued after 4 trips due to lack of interest and extremely long crossing times.
Both Red Hat and Microsoft announced plans to drop Itanium support in their operating systems due to lack of market interest ; although, other Linux distributions such as Debian remain available for Itanium.

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