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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
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"That is not FOR any lack of urgent problems"

"Expectations are low as this year’s Group of 8 summit meetings open Wednesday in the earthquake-damaged Italian city of L’Aquila. That is not for any lack of urgent problems, like a faltering global economy and Iran’s unchecked nuclear appetites. A successful summit also could give a much-needed push to international negotiations to address global warming and revive earlier promises to help the world’s poorest nations."

I don't understand this sentence in the context, especially confused about "for."

What's the author saying?

Expectations are low.....but that's not "because" we don't have urgent problems????

Why use a FOR here?Emotion: thinking
  

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As I understand it, that is not due to a lack of urgent problems. In other words, it would be understandable that little was expected of the summit meetings if there were no urgent problems that needed to be addressed, or just very few of them. In the author's opinion the low expectations are due to other reasons.

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  • As I understand it, that is not due to a lack of urgent problems.
  • In other words, it would be understandable that little was expected of the summit meetings if there were no urgent problems that needed to be addressed, or just very few of them.
  • In the author's opinion the low expectations are due to other reasons.
  • CB
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As I understand it, that is not due to a lack of urgent problems. In other words, it would be understandable that little was expected of the summit meetings if there were no urgent problems that needed to be addressed, or just very few of them. In the author's opinion the low expectations are due to other reasons.

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