1.   Although the speech was long on rhetoric and platitudinous generalities, it lacked specifics.

2.   Environmentalists have attacked the plan for lacking specifics, and have warned that it may be diminished by budgetary cutbacks as a result of scrutiny by the federal Treasury.

3.   Analysts said the address lacked specifics and much of it was devoted to new social programs rather than spending cuts.

4.   At its best, the campaign blooms with outrage, though it lacks specifics.

5.   Her agenda, so far, lacks specifics.

6.   In asking to intervene, the EEOC said it felt the settlement agreement lacked specifics.

7.   Lawyers for the commission also said that they felt that the original settlement lacked enough specifics to insure that Texaco could not violate anti-discrimination laws again.

8.   Publisher Steve Forbes said it lacked specifics and could have been given by a Democrat.

9.   Western Hemisphere energy ministers pledged to cooperate in an effort to meet growing energy demands, though their proposals lacked specifics.

10.   While lacking specifics, there is a notable focus on homeland defense and terrorist threats.