Word: beset
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...Bankers themselves aren't inspiring much faith. Mizuho?the product of a merger between Fuji Bank, Industrial Bank of Japan and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank?only opened its doors in April. It was immediately beset by problems when thousands of Mizuho customers using ATMs to wire cash found that tthe money had been deducted twice from their accounts. Then Japanese utilities sued after Mizuho's computers botched standing orders to pay monthly electricity, phone and gas bills. Because Mizuho handles the Tokyo city government's payroll and tax collection, Ishihara dispatched inspectors to examine the bank's books and management...
Dukakis—who took the T to the speech—currently serves as the vice chair of Amtrak’s board of directors. Amtrak has been beset by financial problems in recent months and has called on the government to provide assistance in order to ensure its survival...
...last task of the voyage--publishing their account--fell to Lewis. He had kept the raw notes and journals he and Clark had painstakingly carried to the Pacific and back with the goal of editing them into final form. But beset by administrative battles in his new job as Governor of Louisiana Territory, frustrated in his romantic aspirations and sinking into a depression fueled by alcohol and possibly disease, Lewis developed one of history's monumental cases of writer's block. He never turned in a single line...
...himself after losing a star in 1966. The pressure on top chefs can be intense. After the third star is won, business booms, the phone rings constantly with people trying to get tables, and the work truly begins. "Everything has to be perfect," says Klein. "Sometimes I'm completely beset with doubt." The honor "gives you an added responsibility not to let down all those who have put their faith and confidence in you," says Berasategui. But there is great satisfaction in cooking for diners "who know about and appreciate their food," and Michelin stars help draw that crowd...
Racial conflict has again beset Harvard. It was just a few months ago that the national media broke stories about a tense encounter between University President Lawrence H. Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 that ultimately led to West’s departure to Princeton. After West’s announcement that he has decided to leave the University, another racial controversy is brewing at the Law School...