To be sure, America has had lapses in the delivery of some of these tenets.
On the whole, the security lapses in America had less to do with liberty than inefficiency.
Pregnancy, injury, sickness or a hectic month at work can cause lapses in workout routines.
So now we wonder when the adults will pay for their lapses in judgment.
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But can winning absolve an athlete of his or her glaring sins and lapses in judgment?
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Shelley Berkley attacks me in order to draw attention away from her own ethical lapses.
The bank faces large fines from the U.S. Justice Department for lapses in its safeguards.
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In the Gulf oil spill, two big lapses have combined into a perfect storm of irresponsibility.
Kim left the bank this fall after being censured by regulators for accounting lapses.
Some former members of the Russian military, however, have suggested security lapses could have occurred.
Preventing security lapses that would mean an even bigger catastrophe ought to be a winning cause.
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Do they not see any ethical lapses on the part of their boss or colleague?
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Ethical lapses seem largely confined to a few people at the apex of the organization.
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In Britain, public attention has focused on lapses in security at the Maze prison.
DeLay's image in Washington is all ethical lapses and connections with big money lobbyists.
"The problem is not Arafat's occasional lapses of sincerity or honesty, " Welsh wrote to Hyde.
However, he says, "at least we are attempting to deal with the root cause" of ethical lapses.
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The Senate also generally rejects candidates only for committing legal or ethical lapses, not for their ideological positions.
But Cyprus hit back with three goals after half-time, their task made easy by defensive lapses from free-kicks.
The frequency of convenient lapses in safety protocols reported in the case of the Deepwater Horizon is deplorable.
If this bill is not passed, the ordinance lapses and the new laws will no longer be valid.
If the panel does not meet, the suspension lapses and Zimbabwe would automatically be readmitted to the Commonwealth.
However, these recent lapses in Chinese corporate governance are worth paying attention to.
"There's that one quarter where we have mental lapses, " forward Paul Pierce said.
That even includes, as Google found, situations where companies come forward and acknowledge lapses in security and take action.
The Internet still generates concerns about technological complexity and about potential security lapses.
Investigators say lapses at all levels of government cost lives and prolonged suffering.
Generally, he seems to deploy the concept as expiation for past ideological lapses.
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For all his tactical lapses, Mr Straw steered a way between these dangers.
Ms Hvistendahl's history is marred by the occasional lapses into self-righteousness and polemic.
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