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Lacking any support beyond his immediate household, he was forced to flee for his life.
Lacking any source of adequate funds, they revived an 1864 Haitian law, discovered by Butler, requiring peasants to perform labor on local roads in lieu of paying a road tax.
Lacking, however, was any immediate indication that the Carías administration was destined to survive any longer than most of its predecessors.
Lacking any male child and heir Augustus married his only daughter Julia to his nephew Marcus Claudius Marcellus.
Lacking a solid power base in the Empire, his rule remained contested by the mighty House of Luxembourg, though Wenceslaus himself did not take any action to regain his title.
Lacking any great industrial, religious or strategic importance, Shiraz became an administrative centre, although its population has nevertheless grown considerably since the 1979 revolution.
Lacking any identification, Almásy serves as a sort of blank canvas onto which the other characters project their wishes.
Lacking any catalysts for change in the 14th century, Eastern European peasants largely continued upon the original medieval path until the 18th and 19th centuries.
Lacking any formal musical training, he needed a teacher, and was introduced by Kateřina Kolářová's mother to Josef Proksch, head of the Prague Music Institute – where Kateřina was now studying.
Lacking direction, Ben wandered into an alleyway where he encountered a shadowy figure who told him that any action he takes would simply create another universe where he took the opposite action, so he might as well do what felt good.
Lacking any mineral resources, being far from any navigable watercourses and being in close proximity to other larger centres such as Aalst, Dendermonde and Brussels, Asse never developed into an important commercial, political or industrial centre but remained a locally important market town.
Lacking any better plan they decided on a frontal assault the following day.
Lacking a unified nationwide organization, the Vietnamese national movement, though still vigorous, failed to take advantage of the difficulties France was experiencing as a result of war to stage any significant uprisings.
Lacking any military power of his own, he had to play Duan, Zhili leader Cao Kun, and Fengtian leader Zhang Zuolin against each other to stay in power.
Lacking the context for individual quipus, it is difficult to guess what any given code might mean.
Lacking any significant political backing, Caraway accepted the offer of help from Long, whose efforts to limit incomes and increase aid to the poor she had supported.
Lacking any news channels, Hubbard instead used its in-house All News Channel, operated as a cooperative of Hubbard-owned stations.
Lacking any reserves and possessing only limited artillery support, the division's engineers prepared the bridges over the rivers for detonation.
Lacking any landing gear, it would have been necessary for the Snark to skid to a stop on a flat, level surface.
Lacking a different secondary title, the heirs apparent to the earldom have continued to use, without any legal basis, Lord North as a courtesy title.
Lacking strong support from the domestic security services, Sarkis failed to have any impact or success in any of his initiatives.

Lacking and real
Lacking a real cooperative bigfoot, Patterson and Gimlin would have needed a costume to present a reasonable representation of the creature supposedly encountered.
Lacking patrons or allies, holding no real power as a group, Caitiff are held in contempt by the Camarilla.
Lacking a real question, the mice decide not to go through the whole thing again and settle for the out-of-thin-air suggestion " How many roads must a man walk down?
Channel 4's review of the film states: " Lacking any real depth or complexity, the film relies on sterling performances from the cast, with Rains and his victim Caufield superb, and Curtiz's uncharacteristically quirky direction for its success.

Lacking and style
Lacking the slick production style of the previous vocal album, True Believer, Phil Keaggy was a strong return to form for Keaggy in terms of recapturing his usual organic, live sound.

Lacking and be
Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.
Lacking the respected and effective institutions that consensus helps provide, minority parties, such as the P.D.I. in 1957 and the progressive Istiqlal faction in 1958, clamor for elections when out of power, but are not at all certain they wish to be controlled by popular choice when in power.
Lacking guidance systems, such rockets had to be carefully aimed at relatively close range to successfully hit the target.
Lacking an airport, the islands can be reached only by sea.
Lacking a clear winner by constitutional standards, the election had to be decided by the House of Representatives pursuant to the Constitution's contingency election provision.
Lacking modern means of environmental temperature control, experimentalists struggled with continual fringe drift even though the interferometer might be set up in a basement.
Lacking modern means of environmental temperature control, experimentalists struggled with continual fringe drift even though the interferometer might be set up in a basement.
Lacking access to a professional darkroom, their films and prints had to be developed in a makeshift darkroom set up each time ( and then dismantled again ) in the small bathroom of whatever apartment they were occupying.
Lacking sufficient money, income or assets, people may be effectively excluded from participation.
Lacking those qualifications, pupils are eligible to enter a university or university of applied sciences if they can present additional proof that they will be able to keep up with their fellow students through a Begabtenprüfung or Hochbegabtenstudium.
Lacking substantial evidence for the mode of failure, the following possibilies could not be excluded:
Lacking a darkroom, a photographer can make use of a changing bag, which is a small bag with sleeved arm holes specially designed to be completely light proof and used to prepare film prior to exposure or developing.
Lacking videotaped studio material, this also meant that it was the only story, to date ( excluding the TV movie ), to be shot entirely on film ( other stories in the original series intercut material from either source as required or, especially in the last four years when film was eschewed even on location, were entirely on tape ).
Lacking their own transport, they had to rely on that provided by other units and thus the withdrawal had to be undertaken in stages.
Lacking necessary scientific background, Matvei Gedenschtrom had to study a lot in order to be able to reckon a latitude and longitude of a given location and use scientific equipment in general.
Lacking other legitimate methods, Garak offers an alternative solution: forging a recording of Dominion officials planning to conquer the Romulan Empire, which would then be encoded onto a Cardassian data rod.
Lacking the cashflow to be able to sustain growth after publishing the first issue, the founding management team sought a major publisher and in 1989 found one with IDG Peterborough, a New Hampshire-based division of the global giant IDG.
Lacking such a correlation, the identification of the cause of the thirty-one events as gamma rays of cosmic origin could not be established.
" Putting both albums into perspective, he also stated: " Lacking the energy or desire to pick both albums apart and compare song by song, listener shall instead be left with these thoughts.
Lacking a local militia or garrison of soldiers, there were no military stores ; uniforms had to be fashioned from scratch.
Lacking access to scientific medical practices, rural Filipinos trusted the albularyos to rid them of common ( and sometimes believed to be supernatural ) sicknesses and diseases.
Lacking access to scientific medical practices, rural Filipinos trusted the albularyos to rid them of common ( and sometimes believed to be supernatural ) sicknesses and diseases.

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