"It was not a single failure but an extremely unusual and complex multisystem emergency, " Rear Adm.
Just recently, we issued a press release announcing that Siemens has shipped over 100, 000 systems with our memory into the field without a single failure.
Once the idea is spread, no single currency failure can stop its progress.
On the other hand, coal and natural gas plants do not hold the same potential for a single catastrophic failure event.
When trading stopped last week, the failure of a single trader led to the failure of the market as a whole.
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Yes, with something this complex, you do become nervous about the chance of a single point of failure.
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Since an access point can share its connection with several other routers located near it, it doesn't have a single point of failure.
While it is true that virtualization may be creating a situation where there is now a single point of failure, the cost benefits of virtualizing servers are well documented.
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They single out the failure of the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah in power in parts of the West Bank, and Hamas, which governs in Gaza, to reconcile their differences and speak with one voice.
It was only when the design was able to pass strict enterprise-grade Zero Error standard of 400 units surviving 500 hours of the toughest continuous testing without a single error or failure that the drive was manufactured.
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Disappointment with the single market's apparent failure to stimulate growth in the euro-zone has also contributed to disenchantment.
Not everyone was convinced, which may account for the single's initial commercial failure.
But as has become clear, WikiLeaks was not like the Internet it lives on: It also had a single, internal point of failure.
However, to a scout, failure to identify a single quirk or glitch could lead to a costly error and possible job termination.
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It was a dismal start for Everton manager David Moyes and chairman Bill Kenwright, who have come under fire for their failure to land a single new player this summer.
Fragile but sophisticated Lebanon may come nearest, despite its lethal rivalries between sect and clan and failure to get a single national army to control all its territory (see article).
Mr Ginn is only too aware of the damage done to the American market by the failure to adopt a single digital standard, and is determined not to let the same thing happen again.
At a quick glance, the single most powerful explanation for the Republican failure to retake the Senate is that they ran a bunch of oddballs in key winnable races.
However, a survey of almost 1, 500 European business leaders carried out late last year by UPS, a logistics firm, showed that they are more worried about the failure to enforce the existing single-market rules.
What happens to Picower's treasure is the single most important factor in the success or failure of Picard's effort to recover funds for some of Bernie Madoff's victims.
Dependency on a single company is interesting when exploring the risks that a single instance of corporate mismanagement (or strategic failure, or organizational misfortune) could cause severe economic damage.
It also reinforced that the single biggest thing that predicted my future success or failure was mental strength.
The first is Mr Obama's failure to grapple as fast and as single-mindedly with the economy as he should have done.
Evidence from the Australian registry has shown that not a single new knee or hip prosthesis had a lower failure rate than that of the established prostheses.
Now, at this stage in the review process it appears that this incident was not the fault of a single individual or organization, but rather a systemic failure across organizations and agencies.
The back story to every success story in art, science, business or true love is a long series of rejections, and the single biggest reason why we never live our dreams is the fear of failure which is just another term for fear of rejection.
If we are talking about a hazardous environment such as a nuclear power plant, the damage caused by a single, un-networked sensor could be catastrophic, for two reasons: first the sensor failure itself could be the problem.
And the single biggest reason why so many companies eventually lose that essential spark of innovative passion as they grow is a failure to institutionalize--through mission, culture and methodology--these critical ingredients.
The real source of uncertainty about the euro's future is not what is happening in these countries, but the failure of Germany and its European partners to commit themselves to the level of integration needed to hold the single currency together.
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