Yet even some of Mr Papandreou's backers think he lacks boldness.
Hodgson's selection was ambitious, experimental and a good riposte to those who feel he lacks boldness.
If society fails to recognize this, then we choose to slide into a dark age of exploration, one that lacks boldness and adventure, and one in which we remain apathetically stuck on this wonderful but lonely rock called Earth.
We had not expected him to be so lacking in boldness.
The resulting weblike canopy and ersatz neo-Classical entry have a feeble air, lacking the boldness of Mr. Foster's best designs.
This critique has become a commonplace — it's at the heart of Gary Weiss's piece on Geithner in the new issue of Portfolio, where Geithner is described as "tentative," "lacking in boldness and imagination," and lacking "fresh ideas".
This critique has become a commonplace it's at the heart of Gary Weiss's piece on Geithner in the new issue of Portfolio, where Geithner is described as "tentative," "lacking in boldness and imagination," and lacking "fresh ideas".
However, the Times' Benedict Nightingale had reservations about the production: "Isn't it desperately busy and sometimes distractingly fussy?" he asked, while admitting, "You can't accuse Goold of lacking imaginative boldness".
Ms. Murphy lacked some boldness in the showpiece but had all the right archery gestures with José Manuel Carreño, ever stunning in his masculine grace.
Americans still don't understand why many Wall Street malefactors remain in place or why the administration's dithering banking policy lacks the boldness and clarity of Obama's rhetoric.
