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 of a general algorithm, the developers of computer algebra systems, have implemented heuristics based on pattern-matching and the exploitation of special functions, in particular the incomplete gamma function Although this approach is heuristic rather than algorithmic, it is nonetheless an effective method for solving many definite integrals encountered by practical engineering applications.

Lacking any effective control of its land, the municipality is remembered for two reasons, the first being the partisan Republic of Alba which took its name during World War II, the second one is its flag, designed by the jacobin Juan Antonio Ranza, who said that the blue and red were for France while the orange is taken to the tree of the Piedmont's shield.

Lacking a strong general to control the by-now mostly barbarian Roman Army, Honorius could do little to attack Alaric's forces directly, and apparently adopted the only strategy he could in the situation: wait passively for the Visigoths to grow weary and spend the time marshalling what forces he could.

* Lacking control of the government.

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 control, the airplane then pitched nose-up, and another gust caused a failure of the main wing spar.

Lacking formal consent of the government of Panama, he entered into negotiations with the American Secretary of State, John Hay, to give control of the Panama Canal area to the U. S. No Panamanians signed the resulting Hay – Bunau-Varilla Treaty.

Lacking control of the air, the forces at Åndalsnes were withdrawn in early May 1940.

Lacking democratic control over the military on both nations.

Lacking reliable data for some of the variables, we are relying on experimental data of about 20 percent internal losses for 1/4-inch long, small ( 5 - 10 M ) diameter fibers.

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 coal reserves, hydroelectric power, large tracts of forest or commercially viable oil deposits, Jordan relies on natural gas for 10 % of its domestic energy needs.

Lacking a feedback mechanism, laser amplifiers and superluminescent sources also function on the basis of stimulated emission.

Lacking overseas opportunities and motion picture appearances, Ellington's Orchestra survived on " one-nighters " and whatever else came their way.

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

Lacking the two-thirds majority necessary in both houses of the Legislature to submit constitutional amendments to the electorate, in 2004 the Popular Democratic Party's then-majority approved legislation to hold a referendum, not on a particular constitutional amendment as such, but on the general concept of switching from a bicameral to a unicameral system which was held on July 10, 2005.

Lacking sufficient strength to overwhelm Lafayette on the Heights, Cornwallis makes the fateful decision to abandon Virginia to campaign farther south.

Lacking sufficient tax revenues, the city cut back on maintenance, sewers failed and garbage pickup ceased.

Lacking the artillery support of the troops entrenched on the West bank of the bayou, Confederate troops in these positions retired quickly.

Lacking a lead singer, Navetta and Lombardo provided vocals on the single.

Lacking the financial resources and contract talent they once controlled, the studies now relied on independent producers supplying some portion of the budget in exchange for distribution rights.

Lacking any better plan they decided on a frontal assault the following day.

Lacking success, he was on the point of enlisting when he suddenly sprang into fame as the author of a play called El trovador ( The Troubadour ), which was played for the first time on 1 March 1836.

Lacking sufficient supplies to mount an attack Luxembourg was unable to prevent the Allies garrisoning Dixmude and, on 27 September 1694, recapturing Huy, an essential preliminary to future operations against Namur.

Lacking resources, Yoshiteru nevertheless saw opportunities to assign his kanji " 輝 " on various samurai like Mōri Terumoto to become something close to a godfather.

Lacking the amateur boxing experience common to most Western professional boxers, Khaosai's skills originally were limited, and he relied on toughness and his fearsome punching power to win.

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 the razor-sharp talons and curved, tearing beak of a raptor, the Great Black-backed Gull relies on aggression, physical strength and endurance when hunting.

Lacking the liquidity to invest in the scheme, and looking to cash in on the publicity from an ongoing Nazi hunt, Alan heads to the home of Helmut Drucker, an ex-Nazi living in Haltemprice whom Alan has been blackmailing for years, and who he now plans to turn in for the reward.

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 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 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 a convenient term to describe the swinging movement of a rocket engine, engineers began also using the word " gimbal " as a verb.

Lacking the capital to do it themselves, Jack Webb offered to put up some of the money to build live-action stages in exchange for their use ( Webb used it to shoot much of the Dragnet TV series ).

Lacking both capital and resources for the new, truly modern products it needed to offer, the company turned to Renault for a $ 90 million loan ( US $ in dollars ).

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 technology, skilled manpower, and capital to explore the petroleum region, Pertamina sublet petroleum concession contracts to multinational companies in the 1970s.

Lacking a geographically central organizing feature ( such as a national capital ), the rails were laid in webs, linking towns and markets within regions, regions within larger regions, and so on.

Lacking both science knowledge and working capital, she bases her rocket ship on the long abandoned rusting hulk of an airplane fuselage that had once belonged to Howard Hughes.