He worried about his motorcycle. If the engine failed, he could die of lack of water before anyone could find him.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said many of the three million people in the Port-au-Prince area lack food,water, shelter and electricity.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

The medical experts agreed with doctors who say that people who know they lack a vitamin should take vitamin supplements.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

The green is more about the ripeness, or lack of ripeness, of the grapes used to make the wine.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

Other signs are red marks on the skin, feelings of extreme tiredness and lack of iron in the body.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Several years later, researchers discovered the exact cause of pellagra: a lack of the B vitamin known as niacin.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

Seiko of Japan was shocked by the blocked doors, and lack of fire safety equipment in the Triangle Factory.

VOA: special.2011.03.18

Their members are often elected. But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The citizens of Ada knew he had been arrested several times but had always been released for lack of evidence.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

In it she deals with the lack of honesty that lies behind the apparent innocence of the New York social world.

VOA: special.2010.10.24

But it lacked financial support. Mary said the lack of support was because of "good men's fear of greatness in women."

VOA: special.2010.06.27

For example, one of the symptoms is a lack of feeling in one part of the body or another.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Farmers lack enough inputs to maintain soil fertility is parts of many developing countries, especially in Africa south of the Sahara.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Sabine Wilke of the aid group CARE says many also lack the money to hire help to prepare the land.

VOA: special.2010.04.13