Lacking a good precedent of successful one-man rule, Augustus created a junta of the greatest military magnates and stood as the front man.

Lacking in military enterprise, secluded and pleasure-loving, he seldom emerged from his palace life at Palermo.

Lacking in support from either the military or the political parties, Abe was replaced by Mitsumasa Yonai in January 1940.

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 adequate facilities, the University functioned by using military barracks and Quonset huts to house students and to provide library and classroom space.

Lacking the fuel to do so, the plane instead lands at the military base at Ovda Airport in Israel, where Jabari is arrested.

Lacking support from the Salian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, secular Saxon princes seeking Slavic territory found themselves in a military stalemate with their adversaries.

Lacking military experience, he showed little initiative or self-confidence, instead cautiously obeying the instructions of the king, and relying on the opinion of his advisers and subordinate commanders.

Lacking any previous military service Degrelle was compelled to join as a low ranking private, only later becoming an officer.

Lacking any military talent, he failed to win a single battle and, on hearing about the invasion of Edigu, fled to Lithuania, pillaging Serpukhov on his way.

Lacking military training, they armed themselves with small arms captured from the Germans.

Lacking standing armies, kings relied on noble retinues for the military forces they required to conduct wars or crush internal rebellions.

Lacking in ammunition, food and water, and unable to resist the attacking waves, which continued despite the rebels ' heavy losses, the military force had to retreat, once again conceding the field to the rebels.

Lacking a local militia or garrison of soldiers, there were no military stores ; uniforms had to be fashioned from scratch.

Lacking democratic control over the military on both nations.

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 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 for Keats were the central and indispensable qualities requisite for flexibility and openness to the world, or what he referred to as negative capability.

Lacking the context for individual quipus, it is difficult to guess what any given code might mean.

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 official definition, there are varying descriptions as to what comprises Central Jersey.

Lacking immunity against common diseases of the Eurasian mainland, the large Jarawa habitats on the southeastern regions of South Andaman Island were likely depopulated by disease within four years ( 1789-1793 ) of the initial British colonial settlement in 1789.

Lacking a coach the senior players took charge, the moral problem seemed to have passed, but results remained sketchy and the Saracens ended up in a lowly 10th place.

Lacking even modest government-directed land reforms, illegal squatting became the primary means for poor people to gain land throughout the early 1970s.

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 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 the researchers and professors with the mentality and experience he needed, he resorted to inviting them from Europe and USA.

Lacking adequate lodgings or employment many migrated to America, Europe or Australia.

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

Lacking a dominant genius or a formal structure for research ( the following century had both Sir Isaac Newton and the Royal Society ), the Elizabethan era nonetheless saw significant scientific progress.

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.

He wrote several chess books including Chess Springbok, My Book of Fun and Games, Grosse Remispartien ( in German ; an English edition entitled Draw !, edited by John Nunn, was published in 1982 ), and Lacking the Master Touch ( 1970 ).

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 an archbishop in partibus infidelium, the Dutch Church was able to arrange for an Irish bishop, Luke Fagan, Bishop of Meath ( later Archbishop of Dublin ), to ordain priests for the see of Utrecht.

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 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 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 allies, Charles Albert was no match for the Austrian army.

Lacking official support, the army was faced with anarchy.

Lacking a unified strategy ( or army ) and fighting a defensive campaign, from April onwards the army lost cohesion and its special advantages.

Lacking the powers necessary for your typical superhuman hero, Mark relies mostly upon his wits, and often sheer luck, to fend off Lord Fear and his army, until obtaining a simple hand held energy gun in the final series.