Sentence examples for lack the decisiveness from inspiring English sources

But most state premiers and interior ministers lack the decisiveness Mr. Eggert has shown, and the decline in violence in Saxony has not been matched.

One asset as a leader is an even temperament that can absorb criticism, Mr. Thitinan said, but Ms. Yingluck may lack the decisiveness necessary to make difficult choices and ensure that her ministers do not take unilateral actions.

In a joint statement with business committee chair Rachel Reeves, the pair called for a complete overhaul of Britain's corporate governance regime, saying the government had "lacked the decisiveness or bravery" to do so.

Korea has the potential to move faster than other countries, but sadly we have lacked the decisiveness and bravery to do so.

"It is good drama, perhaps, but bad history," the historian John K. Fairbank wrote in The New York Review of Books, remarking that Pu Yi "lacked the necessary decisiveness" for such an act.

School administrators too often lack the courage and decisiveness to run the show.

Robert Kagan of the Carnegie Endowment said the lack of decisiveness inevitably produced an unwillingess of other countries and actors to follow.

While the voters were apparently punishing the confusion and lack of decisiveness in the Government as it faces Japan's worst economic crisis in more than half a century, the election result may create more disarray than ever in the coming days.

Igor, who broke his back during the clashes, claimed that Russian agents operating inside the government and a lack of decisiveness amongst the anti-terror operation's command structure were responsible for some of the recent debacles.

Lack of decisiveness on the part of the coup leaders led to more and more support for the Russian president; even some soldiers and tank units turned to defend the parliament building, and some top military officers sided with Yeltsin.

Investors have criticized European governments for a lack of decisiveness during the crisis and had hoped the central bank might step in to fill the void, specifically by broadening its purchase of government bonds through quantitative easing, as the Federal Reserve has done to put cash into the United States economy.