Failure to comply is punishable by heavy fines and even a two-year prison sentence.

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South Down MP Margaret Ritchie said the failure of two water pumps, combined with heavy rain led to the flooding.

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Among those using modern methods, there is a heavy reliance on IUDs, which tend to have a high failure rate because they are often inserted improperly.

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But Rockwood's mismanagement and failure to understand basic hydraulics proved devastating, as heavy rains pushed the Colorado's muddy water over its banks in 1905, destroying nearly 100, 000 acres of newly planted crops.

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Though the idea of publicly admitting failure is all but unheard of in the ego-heavy entertainment industry, it wasn't sent without some self-serving purpose.

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The WTO has come under heavy fire for decades now, not the least because of its failure to get member states to agree on the Doha Round of agricultural trade.

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So we've seen the consequences of this failure of responsibility, and the American people have paid a heavy price.

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The pontificate which has just ended has, however, already come under heavy criticism by some Catholic groups, and many outside the Church for its failure to deal with some of the most pressing issues facing the world's oldest international organisation at the beginning of the third Christian millennium.

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