Mr Salmond didn't bring forward his government's promised Referendum Bill in its first term because it lacked the necessary votes in Holyrood - possibly a blessing in disguise, given the polls were indicating a "No" outcome at the time.
There's no question that finally being able to sell Apple's iPhone was good for T-Mobile USA, the struggling carrier that bled many subscribers to its rivals over the last few years, partly because it lacked the iPhone.
As Klarman shows in his magnificent "From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality" (Oxford; $35), the Court, on its own, brought about little desegregation, above all because it lacked the power to overcome local resistance.
Over the last several years, T-Mobile lost many customers largely because it lacked the iPhone and they were unhappy with its service.
She criticized the American invasion of Iraq because it lacked the council's stamp, among other reasons.
The case attracted less attention, perhaps because it lacked the terrible suspense of Ms Holloway's disappearance.
"We didn't think that it would be selected because it lacked the transportation," Mayor Euille said.
The Court decided that it was not patentable, because it lacked the characteristics of an invention.
After two years, I left Kaiser because it lacked the wellness focus I desired.
The Roman empire, it seems, fell apart because it lacked the "unifying impetus" of an inland waterway like China's.
The data was discarded because it lacked the numerical coding that the company required to categorize types of debts.
