Lacking any influence or naval contacts himself, Dixon Hoste asked his landlord, Thomas Coke, for assistance and was introduced to Nelson, then living nearby in Burnham Thorpe and who had recently been appointed as Captain of a 64-gun third-rate, which was being fitted out at Chatham Dockyard.

Lacking the financial resources for a full redesign ( partly because of the expensive tooling costs of the coupe ), AMC dropped the large Ambassador after 1974, while the Matador was discontinued after 1978, around the same time as Ford moved their full-size nameplates to a smaller platform.

Lacking their top draft pick because of the Williams trade ( a pick the Redskins would use to draft linebacker LaVar Arrington ), New Orleans selected defensive end Darren Howard early in the second round.

Lacking a male provider ( their grandfather died that year ), they relied greatly on each other and became exceptionally close.

Lacking any identification, Almásy serves as a sort of blank canvas onto which the other characters project their wishes.

Lacking the ability to offer utilities as an inducement for developers to annex to Kildeer, other concessions were negotiated so as to expand the village limits.

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 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 other protagonists ' " advantage " of getting better every time he is injured, Krillin is however recognized as having great technique by Vegeta ( a rather impressive fact considering how the said character respects none but himself ) and of being the strongest human on Earth by Yamcha, though he does say this to Krillin's daughter Marron.

Lacking sufficient fuel to attempt a dock at the other end of the station and with battery power for only two days, they returned to Earth.

Lacking a cell wall, these organisms are resistant to the effects of penicillins and other beta-lactam antibiotics, which act by disrupting the bacterial cell wall.

Lacking other terms, he called it a " universal fluid ".

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 the passive stabilisation offered by ligaments in other joints, the glenohumeral joint is actively stabilised by the rotator cuff, a group of short muscles stretching from the scapula to the humerus.

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 modern radiocarbon dating techniques, Baron von Toll assigned this tree and other fossils to single " mammoth period ".

Lacking close friends, and having few lifelong correspondents other than his Vanderbilt teacher and fellow Agrarian Donald Davidson, Weaver was able to focus on his scholarly activities.

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 ability to differentiate oneself from the other is a form of symbiosis, a state that is different from intimacy, even if feelings of closeness are similar.

Lacking adequate tuition revenues, the university and its personnel sacrificed their development and economic well-being in order to provide educational opportunities for students who had no other options.

Lacking other options, he instead ventures deeper into The Empire ...

Lacking visas and other documentation, they were turned back, and all but al Saoub then returned again to the United States.

Lacking a quorum, they selected new members in 1919.

Lacking any form of government, distribution of wealth and housing allocation often fell to Gaskin and the more ' popular ' members of the Farm.

Lacking the power to repair the timelines, they concocted this scheme of recruiting heroes from various worlds to do their work for them.

Lacking the Bracelet, the final Wave member, Corbenik, attacks the party in Net Slum Root Town.

Lacking the tools to do this and absent a political party with which to stake his run, he was approached by a founding member of the Likud party and participant in the Zo Artzeinu protests who proposed that Feiglin register for the Likud party and register, in turn, the thousands who participated in the protests, thereby building a support base for himself in the party and running for the party leadership, thereby attaining Prime Ministerial candidacy .< ref > Feiglin, Moshe .< u > מלחמת החלומות </ u >, Manhigut Yehudit: 2005, pp. 378-382 .</ ref > At present, Feiglin has an estimated 12, 000-15, 000 loyalists in the party, making Manhigut Yehudit the largest consolidated faction in the Likud's approximately 100, 000 strong party membership.

Lacking the oratory skills of Duplessis, his main political competitor, Godbout is sometimes judged very severely.

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 forensic evidence of a second bullet, Holler advanced the theory, that Vetsera died accidentally, probably as the result of an abortion, and it was Rudolf, who consequently shot himself.

Lacking prior record, sentencing guidelines at the time were 6 to 10 years ( average time served by a convicted rapist in Michigan is 5 years ), and this was reinforced by a " highly favorable " report that concluded William's personality seemed to " substantiate his explanation of what has occurred ", and that " this is not a man who would force himself sexually or hostilely on another individual ....

Lacking a chess set, he made one for himself by carving pieces from corks from wine bottles — a story paralleling the formative years of his contemporary, the renowned Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres.

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 his needed credits in those subjects, Fabian will not graduate with his old classmates next week.

Lacking access to material of value and out of touch with Soviet intelligence, he all but ceased to operate as a Soviet agent.

Lacking purpose-built landing craft and both doctrinal and practical experience with amphibious warfare, the Navy was largely improvising from scratch.

Lacking telescopes to work with, he increased his accuracy by increasing the length of his sextant ; the so-called Fakhri sextant had a radius of about 36 meters ( 118 ft ) and the optical separability of 180 " ( seconds of arc ).

Lacking in diplomatic skills, Dunmore maintained a contentious relationship with the colonists.

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 an operating repository, however, the federal government owes to the utilities somewhere between $ 300 and $ 500 million per year in compensation for failing to comply with the contract it signed to take the spent nuclear fuel by 1998.

Lacking a sense of purpose, he spends most of his time lounging around his apartment, watching Passions with Spike.

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 the capital with which to manufacture his lubricators in large numbers, he usually assigned his patent rights to his employers or sold them to investors.

Lacking customers and faced with dwindling funds, they are eventually hired by the Sedgewick Hotel to investigate a haunting.

Lacking stable employment, at age 25, Mackenzie decided to emigrate to British North America, along with his friend John Lesslie.

Lacking clean air to deploy his reserve parachute, he was eventually forced to risk deploying it with the others still attached, and the reserve also entangled.

Lacking opposable thumbs and not being especially strong, they proceed upwards in a series of slow hops, gripping onto the bark of trees with their small, sharp claws.

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 means of reconnaissance, he devised a plan to armour a train with iron plates, machine gun and cannon.

Lacking the power to put down the revolt unaided, Don Pedro made an alliance with the Black Prince.

Lacking any real style ( and appearing to be shot with a standard consumer-level DV-cam ), they were designed to " fill in the gaps " between the five films and featured a man who appeared to be tracking " The Driver ", finding " clues " usually scribbled, in pen, on small pieces of paper.

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 bathrooms and with poor sanitary conditions this building, one of the last slum dwellings to exist in Central London, was still occupied until the early 1970s.

Lacking the resources to cope with the situation, the German response was ineffectual, and the entire Normandy front soon collapsed.

Lacking a job often means lacking social contact with fellow employees, a purpose for many hours of the day, lack of self-esteem, and mental stress.