21.   This is no time for investors to lack conviction.

22.   Three games removed from a confident beginning in Detroit, the Red Wings lacked conviction.

23.   But the move upward has lacked conviction.

24.   Stocks rose modestly Thursday but seemed to lack conviction now that the markets have emerged from the shadow of potential interest rate hikes.

25.   Stocks were modestly higher Thursday but seemed to lack conviction now that the markets have emerged from the shadow of potential interest rate hikes.

26.   The early speculative buying lacked conviction and turned out to be a weak antidote to the dose of selling that commercials had in store.

27.   Volume remained relatively light, suggesting that many investors lack conviction, Strauss said.

28.   Volume was extremely low, leaving some analysts worried that the investors who bid stocks higher on Friday lacked conviction.

29.   Volume was light throughout the session, magnifying price swings and suggesting that the rally, while broad-based, lacked conviction.

30.   Although the strategy appears to be paying off in the short run, it has reinforced the long-held notion that Clinton lacks political conviction.