They must also evaluate the significance of the failure to take action early on -- a failure which made the subsequent, abysmal outcomes highly probable, if not inevitable.
In the meantime, Rangers carried on through alternating periods of on-field failure and success.
He was also acquitted on three other failure-to-file charges.
As for the other incidents that have beset the type over the past few months -- a fan shaft failure on an engine, an oil leak, a windshield crack -- all can safely be put down to teething problems.
Rather than attempt to get it right, the establishment seems content to double-down on failure.
"It is my view that it should be revoked on two grounds - the failure of the undertakings and the removal of professional competence, " the commissioner said.
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In November, regulator Monitor found the trust in "significant breach of its terms of authorisation" due to poor financial performance, multiple occurrences of 'never events' - including where wrong patients were operated on - and a failure to improve waiting times.
And Grant sprung to the defence of out-of-form goalkeeper Rob Green, whose failure to hold on to a Didier Drogba free-kick that led to Chelsea's goal.
Mr Obama's failure to take on the spend-alls in his own party will cost him politically.
Liverpool's failure to capitalise on their second-half chances will leave boss Roy Hodgson in rueful mood going into the return leg in Turkey next Thursday.
Although I am also skeptical of church leaders and well aware of the hierarchy's long-standing failure on the abuse issue, Francis' first 30 days have led me to agree with Anderson when it comes to the new pope's personality.
"A failure to ensure that health professionals in the neo-natal unit had background medical knowledge on this family, " for example, and a failure to properly respond in detail when one neo-natal nurse did express some concerns.
What top executive would bet his company the way Tom Watson did IBM in the early 1950s on mainframe computers or the way Bill Gates bet Microsoft in the mid-1990s on Windows if he knew failure would tempt prosecutors, politicians and bureaucrats to destroy him?
The argument rests on anecdote, on the current failure, and on common sense, which says that a producer-driven system insulated from parents and children will fail.
The case relied heavily on a so-called tire-failure expert who didnt even see the tire itself until after he had prepared his testimony.
"His record is the Tory record - one of failure - and it is on this he'll be judged at the election, " she added.
Ultimately success or failure will depend most on the Zetia-Zocor campaign.
Failure to reach agreement on the seven-year budget would mean the EU rolling over annual budgets - a method that would be more expensive and would complicate long-term projects.
When bank customers lined up at California's Indymac Bank this week, we were reminded that bank failure is on the rise this year - five so far, and more are expected.
We sold some of our macro holding of gold on Tuesday after the push-through failure, as we are always inclined to book some profits at historic highs while holding smaller size for any potential follow-through.
Abbott shares were down 3.9% in morning trading on mixed results for the heart-failure drug, levosimendan or Simdax, and another drug, Tricor, which was aimed at further reducing heart problems in diabetics on top of conventional therapy.
There will be separate reports from Lord Sutherland - to Ofqual on the failure to deliver results on time and to Schools Secretary Ed Balls on the role of the National Assessment Agency and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
The first story has been told in pedantic detail by the Financial Services Authority in its 450-page report on the failure of RBS. Today, the FSA released the first chapter of the second tale and painted an even more damning picture.
Abbott (nyse: ABT - news - people ) shares were down 3.9% in morning trading on mixed results for the heart-failure drug, levosimendan or Simdax, and another drug, Tricor, which was aimed at further reducing heart problems in diabetics on top of conventional therapy.
Barclays economist Troy Davig said on Friday that the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or the so-called Super Committee, a scramble is now likely in Congress to determine if it can piece together a package that will preserve some short-term fiscal stimulus.
The blame is placed on the disappointment felt by many Catholics over the failure of the Vatican to deliver anticipated reforms - notably in its teaching on contraception.
The Elan results come on the heels of the failure of an anti-amyloid drug from Myriad Genetics in a large trial.
Pharmaceutical companies say that high monopoly rents on new medicines assure incentives for high-risk research on future path-breaking medicines and pay for past efforts that resulted in failure.
She also got her wish for resolution authority over important non-bank companies on the brink of failure.
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The price rise is to offset additional costs faced by Guernsey Electricity after a cable link failure to France forced it to produce on-island power.
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