Patterns were getting tighter and after multiple failures, they took off and showed commitment.

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We are learning more each day about the multiple failures in our security and intelligence system that preceded that attack.

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Ultimately, if the public thinks multiple failures of big banks are likely, only the government can offer a credible guarantee.

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The company claims that because of poor planning combined with multiple failures, the Corps of Engineers didn't create enough storage capacity for water even when very heavy rainfall was predicted.

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"They could pull through, but urgent attention is needed to avoid the catastrophe of multiple failures and tens of thousands of job losses, " says Christine Elliott, chief executive of the Institute for Turnaround, which represents financial professionals brought in to help ailing companies.

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It is true that a spontaneous occurrence of the multiple system failures necessary to cause a severe accident and large radiological release is typically a very improbable event.

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Indeed, the system is reckoned by its designers to be sufficiently robust to tolerate multiple brick-failures over the years.

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