Both were expensive and had a number of other shortcomings.

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The Clinton holdovers who still run the Central Intelligence Agency bear no small measure of responsibility for serious shortcomings in these and other areas.

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Bloggers and others, mostly outside academia, who criticise CRU's work and other climate science tend to lay much stress on statistical shortcomings.

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Other venture capitalists have noticed similar shortcomings in higher education and are competing to fill the void.

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It led to a damning report from the higher education watchdog, the QAA, which found serious shortcomings in the way UoW approved other colleges to teach and design courses for its degrees.

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And he said a number of other England players had owned up to their own shortcomings in this series.

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Serious case reviews can expose shortcomings in the way vulnerable children are being monitored by social services and other agencies.

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Other family members exchanged impassioned views by email and phone about missed opportunities and the family's shortcomings.

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Displaying other differences, foibles or even shortcomings, they say, adds to the authenticity, and they give examples of the kinds of differences that bosses should exude.

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