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It is, Egyptian observers say, a typically lackluster response to what appeared to be a golden opportunity.

Average TV-set prices across the board have continued to plummet this holiday season amid lackluster demand.

The point: If hiring managers had considered only Priestley's lackluster resume, he'd never have gotten a foot in the door.

But, momentum is everything in sports, and a lackluster win going into a long time away from home is not going to spur momentum.

Confining world exploration to a lackluster menu is all the rage and we're not entirely sure why.

But a five-day holiday at the beginning of the month is the more obvious explanation for lackluster exports.

Chapter 11 is often a crutch for lackluster managements.

But even with a lackluster upgrade, Apple has little to fear from upstart smartphones like the Palm Pre, which launches on Saturday, June 6.

It turns out the hotel wasn't impressed with the lackluster performance of its toilets, especially those that frequently clogged.

Every couple of weeks there come a group of lackluster releases, at least when it comes to style.

But recoveries after financial crises tend to be lackluster, as people remain cautious and credit remains hard to get a hold of.

The soybean balance sheet looks to be adequately supplied amid lackluster world demand that may be undermined further by macroeconomic woes.

Some added that Li's absence during the award ceremony resulted in her lackluster performance on the list.

The oil and natural gas industry has driven employment growth in many parts of the nation, despite lackluster economic news.

Some investors are wary of miners because various companies have failed to generate huge profits due to lackluster management.

The profit potential for the life of that endeavor will likely be capped at a lackluster level.

In a world of lackluster growth, it seems the U. S. remains the least bad place.

Yet architecture that cannot coexist with its environment will eventually die a lackluster death.

Forecasters expect lackluster growth and continued high unemployment for a number of years.

Especially the poor animals were abandoned, because I am sentimental, had a lackluster sad puppy had failed to save the dead.

Prices are rising despite oversupply and a lackluster recovery in industrial demand.

You may even have to drop a client or two who are slow on payments or lackluster on new projects.

What started as a lackluster platform on T-Mobile's G1 phone back in 2008, now runs on everything from phones to tablets to netbooks.

However, since its launch the Sony PSP has been under much scrutiny with a poor game lineup &an equally lackluster battery life.

It was a lackluster session as most traders were on holiday and as New York was hit by a blizzard.

February sales data due Wednesday are expected to show that the market for new homes is just as lackluster as that for existing dwellings.

Experts warn that America's lackluster performance in math and science can compound the troubles of the nation's already ailing economy.

Commercial centers that are lackluster imitations of standardized suburban chain-store shopping.

Friday's retail-sales report is expected to show that consumer spending got off to a familiar start this year: a lackluster one.

Even die-hard Democrats accuse Coakley, who once had a double-digit lead here, of running a lackluster campaign.

Europe's plight is now the most obvious threat to the already lackluster global recovery.

Lackluster economic data and signs of an easing in the credit markets continue to create volatility on Wall Street.

Everything is interpreted script, so performance is lackluster unless you move intensive processing into COM components.

Changing expectations may represent part of the explanation of the puzzle of China's lackluster life ratings.

The search for so-called "female Viagra, " has proved elusive though, with many drugs abandoned after showing lackluster results.

While Liu was once the unquestioned favorite, the loss of his world record, a sore hamstring and lackluster season have raised doubts.

We were disappointed by the lackluster performance .

First off, for those who aren't aware, the performance of signature-based antivirus software is increasingly lackluster.

These intermetallics were distributed within the coating (fig. 10) and conferred a lackluster appearance.

Most likely your skin looks a little dull and your eyes stare blankly back at you from a lackluster face.

If you want more from that game, read "Lakers-Kings: Kobe Bryant Saves Lackluster Los Angeles. "

Last week, Hewlett-Packard pointed to double-digit revenue growth in China as a rare bright spot in an otherwise lackluster earnings report.

Anyone who remembers the lackluster U. S. sales of the erstwhile 318i can see why BMW waited so long to bring back a small car.

Lackluster progress reports and not hearing feedback from a supervisor is a good way to tell if your work has become routine.

But his performance during the Deepwater Horizon crisis has been widely perceived as lackluster.

There's a pile of evidence in the blogosphere suggesting Apple will release a lackluster upgrade for its popular iPhone.

The actor was criticized for his lackluster performance in the movie.

While it's a thrill to view the world through Hugo's detestable eyes, Harry's thoughts and compulsions are utterly lackluster.

But Yasuo Fukuda was not only colorless but headed a particularly lackluster administration.

After all, the Lakers are alone atop the NBA standings after their 117-97 thumping of the lackluster Wizards.

Four new releases all generated lackluster ticket sales.

A jump in auto and gasoline sales salvaged an otherwise lackluster June for U. S. retailers, pushing sales up 0. 6 percent for the month.

You may find that you are feeling dull and lackluster today.

They say too many serve secondary cities put on the map to stimulate tourism in lackluster areas.

The gains are coming despite performance that has been lackluster of late.

He leads a dull lackluster life all his life.

But besides noting the rather dull conversation between him and the lackluster students, the Chinese press did little else.

Lackluster looks are only one strike.

Amid a lackluster economic rebound, the manufacturing in this country has, for the first time in decades, seen an unlikely boom.

That's because the lackluster Cantonese, Hunan and Sichuan restaurants in this country do not resemble those you can find in China.

In the post-crisis world of lackluster global demand, the terrain is harsher.

Such lackluster roll-outs make the idea that 'guys won't see a romantic comedy' a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Tablet PCs have a long and lackluster history, but the competition appears to believe the iPad may give this segment a boost.

a dull lackluster life; a lusterless performance.

I am a lackluster scholar, with scrubby and talent to Beijing fears that exam, as most of the same exam, go home frustrated.

This morning I felt tired and lackluster.

Diageo posted lackluster results in China in the six months ended Dec.

After lackluster growth of 1% in 2002 and 0. 5% in 2003, GDP growth picked up to 3. 3% in 2004.

Recently, the domestic market of inorganic chemicals, however, remains sluggish due to an economic lackluster in Japan.

He started investing in gold early last year, and returns were lackluster at best.

Are you enthusiastic or lackluster?

They hope to remedy their lackluster performance by a few changes in personnel

the lackluster quality of contemporary culture;

A lackluster performance that nevertheless had its moments

The bad: No HDMI connectivity; sounds lackluster with music;

And lackluster in dust we lay

I came to realize my lackluster dreams