Word: breakdown
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...labor representatives oppose privatization. Deep down, the debate is ideological after all. Privatization will fundamentally weaken our commitment to collective security in favor of a system that leaves everyone fending for themselves, and everyone paying the costs. In a climate where everyone laments the breakdown of community and family, perhaps we should think twice before kicking the legs out from under the pooled commitment to support our elderly. If you throw your support behind privatization do so because you believe in the principle, not because you have been scared into thinking that it is the only option. The New Republic...
...split second defensive breakdown in front of the Harvard net left senior defenseman Marco Ferrari unable to find his bearings. Taking advantage of the confusion, Big Red senior Steve Wilson, positioned to the left of freshman Harvard goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo, laid a pass down in front of the net. Sophomore Kyle Knopp collected the puck, faked right around Ferrari, went left and scored down the middle...
...second [goal] was a breakdown in our coverage because they were attacking," Tomassoni said. "You obviously can't do that...
...tapes are one more vivid manifestation of the military's greater problem: a seeming inability to police itself. In spite of leaders' repeated "zero tolerance" pronouncements--concerning political extremism, racism, sexual harassment and hazing--authorities are just as often forced to acknowledge a breakdown in the chain of command. Last week a sixth soldier at Maryland's Aberdeen training ground was brought up on charges of sexually harassing a trainee, while the Citadel, a military-training school, is in the midst of its own hazing scandal involving female cadets. Blood pinning cannot be written off as the overexcitement of young...
Furthermore, we are in the process of verifying the male/female breakdown of our organization. We will contact you if your numbers were inaccurate--if only to set the record straight. --William D. Zerhouni...