"In light of the fact that the county has been on notice about these deficiencies now for years, HUD cannot at this point simply accept general promises of future performance, " Hom said in the letter.

WSJ: Feds set deadline for NY's Westchester County

These include increased odds for mental and physical deficiencies, and increased emotional problems.

FORBES: The Final Lesson of Steve Jobs

The American Bar Association recently examined several of these services and found deficiencies with the potential for disastrous results.

FORBES: Is Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning a Valid Option?

The implications of these deficiencies were on vivid display even sharper relief by the Soviet bid yesterday for full IMF and World Bank membership -- less than one week after the economic summiteers clearly eschewed such a step as premature.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The book would have been stronger if these ideas for a solution had been developed at greater length, and the account of the deficiencies of the current approach and mindset something less of a blow-by-blow account of recent debates.

ECONOMIST: Climate change