"What's happened is technically brilliant, but what you're lacking is authenticity in the sense of actually being there, " says Martin Bell, the former former war reporter and MP, and now Unicef ambassador.

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Our correspondent says although there are detailed disaster-preparedness plans in other parts of the Philippines, there is a sense that this was lacking in the region where the storms hit.

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The property, while well built, lacked key features integral to the Four Seasons brand, and also was deemed not "African" enough, lacking a sense of place in its unique setting.

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It's about taking information that is lacking in context, lacking in meaning and figuring out a way to transform it so that it makes sense in the light of all the other things that you have floating around in your mind.

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These high-end, high-budget, meticulously-developed entertainment products take gamers away to different realities, showing a richness and sense of adventure and excitement lacking in even some large budget films.

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He says what's lacking in many of today's vehicles is a sense of style.

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There is a sense of complacency on Capitol Hill that is totally lacking in Virginia Beach.

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What's lacking most in this and other Clinton peace processes may simply be a sense of historical perspective.

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Invariably after a pleasant exchange, I felt a sense of calm connection washing over me that is sorely lacking in my normal workdays.

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But I am entirely lacking in the thing which so many people seem to regard as their mainstay in life, a mystical sense of religion.

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