The Commission's systems are "out of control" with "obvious risks as regards reliability", the paper quotes the report as saying, and says the commission "has been warned about them but to date has not taken any action".

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"Here you see all this energy directed at uttering a word, a sentence, but still there is the impossibility of talking or saying something, " says Davids, as her performers huddle behind the screens, their drying lips clamped to foam.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A watched pot never boils, as the saying goes, but sometimes that can be a good thing, says a London-based design graduate.

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For example, she says, adults who use the word "phat" will be heard as saying "overweight, " rather than cool.

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The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo says Japanese media have cited anonymous sources as saying that Mr Aratani had been on a rare visit to the plant to meet senior executives from partner companies.

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Richard Feldman, who worked with LaPierre at the NRA but later had a falling out and now runs the Independent Firearm Owners Association, says LaPierre's success as a lobbyist came in part from never saying "no" to those he might need.

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Clegg says he has also spoken to senior players saying it is "business as usual" for the remaining two games of the season.

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