Pamuk had fallen into political disfavor for comments he had made about the Armenian genocide, and the immediate domestic reaction was perhaps slightly lacking in warmth.
Perhaps no other European country has achieved so much, on so many fronts, so quickly.Yet Spain is also slightly ill-at-ease, slightly lacking in self-confidence.
Having the concentration power, delivering the lines over and again: it's a discipline that British actors have that the Americans are slightly lacking in".
As a series of connected sketches, it's more than passable entertainment, but the whole thing feels slightly underplayed compared to some previous McKay-Ferrell instalments, as if confidence is very slightly lacking in some vital departments.
With young Will Hooley deputising splendidly for Myler, the Saints offloaded out of the tackle beautifully in the first quarter and defended with an intensity slightly lacking in their unscheduled defeat at Wasps the previous week.
For those of you who quite like Susan Boyle but feel she has always been slightly lacking when it comes to documenting homies, bitches and how it feels to get high on some "bubonic chronic", good news.
It was full of phrases like "tissue engineering" and "therapeutic cloning", populated by people who excitedly talked of growing miniature kidneys and making embryos, and slightly lacking in a wholesale consideration of the moral aspects of genetic mechanics.
Prince Of Persia, with its comic book-influenced style, looks fantastic, but this version feels slightly lacking in soul – the voice-overs are cheesy, and it could do with more personality.
"Half Past France" and "Antarctica Starts Here" then led proceedings gracefully to the climax of a re-positioned "Macbeth", which slightly lacked the careering momentum of the album version.
