Although a colossal blunder with grave consequences for many, such a failure is simply not enough to support a claim for securities fraud.
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The effort was routinely praised by way of contrast to Iraq, which many wrote off as a failure until the surge proved them wrong.
Although some suggest Mr Romney has reason to be shy of boasting too much, he apparently used his business skills and a certain amount of flair to save an event that was deep in trouble: over budget and, in the minds of many, headed towards a failure that would humiliate America.
Still, in finally reaching the presidency, Lula has defied many forecasts of failure: many pundits argued that a former metalworker, lacking secondary schooling let alone a university degree, was unelectable in a basically conservative country.
In hospitals, some 100, 000 patients die each year from preventable deaths, many a result of infections caused by failure of doctors and nurses to wash their hands before touching a patient.
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The problem, as many observers agree, is a failure to consistently implement it - not just on an ad hoc basis after earthquakes strike but across the country before disaster hits.
There are many reasons for this beyond a failure of the public to commit to the necessary taxes, and Freddie deBoer has done a good job suggesting ways to rein in spending.
People who were asked to reflect on their many past successes or a specific failure scored roughly 10% better on tests of mathematical ability, as well as verbal, spatial, and abstract reasoning, than those who reflected on either many past failures or a single specific success.
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As a result, many a medical practice will find itself facing financial failure, leaving our senior citizens and other Medicare recipients in a serious lurch.
Nor did many see the halted trial as a failure for the VEGF approach.
Many of these are such that a failure affects not just the executives and shareholders, but millions of other individuals as well.
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Moreover, the report says that in many states failure to register is a criminal offence that could result in fines or imprisonment of up to 10 years.
Entirely the contrary in fact, true food security means gaining food from many different geographic areas so that a failure of the crops in any one of them makes only a marginal difference to your ability to eat.
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The bearded academic made headlines as investors braced themselves for what they thought would be a transcendental Jackson Hole speech, which, let many down. (Read The Failure Of QE2: A Look At Gold, Oil, Equities, Emerging Markets, And The Dollar).
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The group's chairman, Chris Spurr, said that although many saw the League of Nations as a failure because it did not prevent conflict, he believed Sean Lester "embodied the best ideals of international co-operation".
In 1999 Pfizer had to severely limit use of Trovan, a potent antibiotic aimed at many bugs, after it was linked to a dozen cases of liver failure.
First-round elimination in 1998 left Steve Sampson a failure in the eyes of many.
When Oracle went on its spending spree, many predicted failure: big software mergers have a poor record.
"Although the error may have been one which many might make, it amounted to a significant failure to keep a proper lookout and to manage the car correctly, " Lord Justice Hughes said.
Among other things, the Division found that NOPD systematically misclassified large numbers of possible sexual assaults, resulting in a sweeping failure to properly investigate many potential cases of rape, attempted rape, and other sex crimes.
This is a blow to many policyholders who are hoping to build a legal case for compensation against the government for its failure to spot Equitable's troubles.
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Many top business schools ask MBA applicants to describe a failure, and what they learned from the experience.
Too many wine subsidies are, moreover, a reward for failure.
It was only a year ago that many biotech watchers were united in predicting failure for both Tarceva and Genentech's real star, Avastin.
Issuers and bond underwriters, as well as many bondholders want to limit the calling of a default to a failure to make interest or principal payments to bondholders when they are due.
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My own view is different: there was a failure of leadership at high and low levels among many different companies and organizations.
The failure of a firm that was connected to so many corners of our markets would have caused financial disruptions beyond Wall Street.
The global debt fears have kept many out of the stock market since the May highs, and a failure to act on the debt ceiling could further depress the market.
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