The lackluster right-handed outfielder free-agent class makes it less likely the Yankees can find a solution there.
But in the next breath he wondered aloud whether the build-up of Mr. Gore as an accomplished debater -- and criticism of Mr. Bush as lackluster -- could play right into the Bush strategy.
Consumption at home has also been lackluster as the center-right coalition government has instituted tough austerity measures, including raising sales taxes and slashing spending.
The larger fear is that the problems will only deepen with the American-financed program to aid Colombia's army, a force with a lackluster record on human rights and in the battlefield.
The vote comes amid widespread discontent with politicians in Mexico, where a series of corruption scandals, a lackluster economy and human rights concerns related to the missing students and suspected army massacres have tarnished Peña Nieto's image and fed anti-government protests.
There was nothing particularly wrong or right about the lackluster Gorgonzola salad.
Saturday's victory came head upon the heels of Brazil's impressive 3-0 victory against France, and suggested Brazil is progressing in the right direction after several lackluster displays in the early matches of Luiz Felipe Scolari's tenure as coach.
Jon Alterman, a Mideast expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Saudi confidence in the United States has been "extremely shaken," over the war as well as what Saudis perceive as Mr. Bush's lackluster effort on behalf of the rights of Palestinians.
If hatin' on Sony is your style, then at least have the decency to hate on the fact that the PS3 has no rumble abilities and has a lackluster game library, which is 100% right-on-the-nail true.
Jermaine Dupri, the music producer and hip-hop artist, said yesterday he had quit a top executive position at Virgin Records, which released the recent album from Janet Jackson, Mr. Dupri's girlfriend (at right, with Mr. Dupri), to lackluster sales.
He's come on a mission to reform dysfunction conservative politics in Washington and reposition a lackluster and devolving GOP back in the "right" direction.
