Lacking an indoor meeting place, they even spend their evenings together in the third class waiting room of Waterloo station.

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 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 a digestive system, they consume their food by surrounding and absorbing it.

Lacking the support of the formerly independent vassals and weakened by the increasing hostility of the Church, the monarchy lost its pre-eminence.

Lacking an airport, the islands can be reached only by sea.

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 immunity to the newcomers ' diseases, the population was decimated by the mid-nineteenth century.

" Lacking the power of judicial review, English courts possessed no means by which to declare government statutes or acts invalid as a violation of due process.

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 a numeric keypad, the A600 is only slightly larger than a standard PC keyboard ( 14 " long by 9. 5 " deep by 3 " high and weighing approximately 6 pounds ).

Lacking a strong political representation in a state dominated by Pashtuns, minority communities commonly looked to pious learned or charismatically revered pirs ( saints ) for leadership.

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 pads, the tentacles stick to prey by virtue of their ridged surface.

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 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 the influence of American pioneers such as Big Star and Raspberries, these bands were more directly inspired by 1960s beat music bands, particularly The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles.

Lacking the resources to continue the struggle, James then became reconciled to his brother Peter, and in 1311 the former was succeeded by his son Sanç I, or Sancho I, who founded the cathedral of Perpignan shortly before his death in 1324.

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

Lacking the political judgement of his father, he began to upset this by moving into more dangerous areas.

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

Lacking a mouth, opalines feed by taking in nutrients from their surroundings by pinocytosis.

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 in numbers, Eugene could not seriously disrupt Tallard's march ; nevertheless, the French Marshal's progress was proving pitifully slow.

Lacking military discipline, in what likely seemed to the participants a strange land ( Eastern Europe ), Peter's fledgling army quickly found itself in trouble despite the fact they were still in Christian territory.

Lacking enough water to put out the flames, buildings in the fire's path were dynamited to deny the fire fuel.

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 proper equipment and instead only using multiple cameras Campbell and Curtis were unable to confirm stars ' deflection.

Lacking transportation home, the couple were preparing to spend the night.

" 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 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 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 water, the Nabataeans were forced out of their camp for battle, but were defeated in this last battle.

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 medicines, the troops were cruelly decimated.

Lacking specialist ships, it had to improvise a fleet train from whatever RN, RFA or merchant ships were available.

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 beds, the soldiers tried to sleep on insulation wool torn off pipes but were subjected to harassing fire every night in order to try and break their resistance.

Lacking proper documentation however, they were stopped upon landing, and returned to Florida the same day and rented a red Kia Rio from Avis Rent-A-Car agency.

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 a vocalist, they were strictly an instrumental band until the addition of singer Al Jackson in 1963 ; they began playing rock and roll songs and secured a residency at Solihull Civic Hall.

Lacking amphibious vehicles, they had to wade ashore from the edge of the reef where they were dropped by their landing craft.

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

Lacking air cover, the small, slow anti-submarine sloops and trawlers used were very vulnerable to air attack.