• Thomson Holidays issued a profits warning earlier in the year, blaming the poor performance on a lack of take up of short breaks over the millennium period.

    BBC: Champagne sales jump

  • Policies motivated by nothing more than discomfort with firearms, often born of a lack of experience, fall far short.

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  • In July the Commons defence select committee said a lack of helicopters was undermining UK forces' operations and troop protection in Afghanistan, although their report stopped short of saying soldiers were dying due to a lack of helicopters.

    BBC: Grieving mother's challenge to PM

  • War of the Roses is a terrifically fun game, but with the balancing issues, at-times clunky combat mechanics, and lack of a single-player campaign, it falls short of perfection.

    FORBES: 'War Of The Roses' Review (PC)

  • They could help to address another problem: a lack of mid-level talent in an army short of non-commissioned officers.

    ECONOMIST: Afghanistan's troubled national army

  • It was the result of understandable disappointment, although there was an acceptance that the Blades had been caught short by a lack of quality, not just the Premier League's perceived generosity towards West Ham.

    BBC: Tevez delivers final twist

  • Often, though, their lack of capital means they are unable to teach a broad curriculum, are short of books and other materials, and are stuck in unsuitable (or even dangerous) buildings.

    ECONOMIST: Private education

  • Individual investors continue to struggle with a lack of attractive choices for short-term total return.

    FORBES: Stock Allocations Rebound, Bonds Outpace Historical Average

  • If a lack of growth hormone or very short stature is recognized before the bones stop growing, regular hormone injections may help a child reach a greater height by adulthood.

    CNN: What can I do to grow taller?

  • The Andouille sausage was dropped a short while ago for lack of sales, but White Castle is giving the wine test here at least a year before deciding if it should let any other White Castles dip in.

    WSJ: An Unconventional Pairing

  • Couple that with both a lack of proper information available about short sales and the recent robo-signing scandal that has been sending shock waves out into the market this quarter in terms of consumer confidence and the repossessing process.

    FORBES: Foreclosure: A Sound Financial Option For U.S. Homeowners?

  • Western nations are plagued by short-term thinking and a lack of responsibility for the consequences of the decisions being made.

    FORBES: Thoughts on China

  • Meanwhile demand for places continues to climb, driven, in the short-term, by a lack of jobs for school-leavers in the struggling economy and, in the long-term, by the growth of the aspirational middle class.

    ECONOMIST: Paying for university

  • But blinded by greed and a lack of common sense, prominent politicians, public officials and rabbis were done in by the short bespectacled son of a rabbi who headed a Jewish Sephardic synagogue in Ocean Township, N.

    FORBES: Corruption

  • Legislators and activists, however, slammed Leung for a lack of measures to boost the supply in the short term.

    NPR: Hong Kong Poor Living In Cages And Cubicles

  • In short order, the ensuing lack of electricity would cause a devastating ripple effect on our telecommunications, sanitation and water, transportation, food and health care sectors and the Internet.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The war with Iran

  • Since Cox Communications, a cable firm, went private in 2004, it has benefited from the lack of both short-term market pressure and Sarbanes-Oxley-related interference.

    ECONOMIST: Media firms and private equity

  • Andy Firoved, CEO of Homeowner's Toolbox, a housing finance company, says there's a lack of noncontingent inventory, or housing that isn't tied up by short sales and foreclosures.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The lack of engagement created by taking short cuts only become apparent when a product hits the market.

    FORBES: The Rise of Lean And Why It Matters

  • There are too many sales in markets that are affordable to first-time buyers, driven by foreclosures and short sales, and too few sales in expensive parts of town thanks to a lack of financing and the impression that prices are coming down.

    FORBES: Real Estate

  • Despite the lack of chances, the Sabres opened the scoring 7:17 into the second period with a short-handed goal.

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