Word: breakdown
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...losers. The Reagan Administration is now without an ongoing peace strategy for the Middle East. Hussein is more vulnerable than ever to the Syrians and to his own Palestinian population. He will probably feel a need to seek closer ties with his old adversary Syrian President Hafez Assad. The breakdown in talks may precipitate a new round of violence by Palestinians, who see diplomacy failing once again to resolve their problems. And it vastly increases the likelihood that Peres will be obliged to exchange jobs in the fall with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, head of the Likud. Under the terms...
...economists differed somewhat, though, on the issue of how soon the deficit must be cut substantially. "This is the make-or-break year for the deficit," contended Rivlin. "There is a general perception that there is a breakdown in our system and we can't solve this problem." Feldstein, however, thinks that considerable progress has already been made. Said he: "If the deficit problem drags on for another year, it's not the end of the earth...
Nevertheless, several senators indicated concern about the breakdown in communications and asked Rogers whether such breakdowns had led him to conclude that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's launch decision-making process was "flawed...
...Families with Dependent Children programs may be exacerbating the problems they were designed to alleviate. Even some civil rights leaders and welfare recipients in the nation's inner cities are criticizing the system for helping perpetuate dependency from one disadvantaged generation to the next and for unintentionally encouraging the breakdown of the underclass's family structure...
Acknowledging a breakdown of the publishing house's own procedures, one top official said Safran continues to share responsibility in the incident...