And a much-touted European "jobs pact", by which this German government initially set such store, was turning out to be desperately vague, despite efforts of the French, in particular, to insist on some firm targets.
The ideas are diverse and often vague, in an effort to have as many people as possible sign on.
For there may be the vague perception of effort on the part of the United States without the reality.
Since the observed values of security returns in real-world problems are sometimes imprecise or vague, an increasing effort in research is devoted to study the properties of risk measures in fuzzy portfolio optimization problems.
By contrast, the earlier LA ordinance based on the lower standard requiring a vague "good faith effort" by contractors has resulted in the disclosure of over 50 factory sites in such countries as the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Kenya, Bangladesh and China.
The laws are also vague in regulating efforts by political parties to pressure voters before election day.
The resolution passed by the Security Council yesterday was deliberately vague, calling for "efforts to ensure the safety and security of areas of Afghanistan no longer under Taliban control," to give the Council leeway in deciding what to do next.
