Otherwise, the institution lacked definition - academic, physical, financial.

I think this participation is unique; so many other institutions lack this.

Many institutions are reluctant to treat these patients or lack the expertise to handle them effectively, he added.

"Community life and institutions are almost entirely lacking in a way we normally understand downtowns as functioning," he said.

Many medical schools and institutions lack the computers needed to access the journals, Ms. Aronson said.

These institutions often lacked sufficient specie reserves to back up their vastly over-extended credit.

Education is poor, financial institutions basic, regulatory institutions lack experience.

Further, our present institutions lack any balanced way to present knowledge when it is still tangled in controversy.

This whole institution lacks any kind of democratic control or democratic accountability.

Many such institutions lack robust security, he and other experts say.