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...heptachlor case highlights another flaw in the system. USDA and FDA investigators have been unable to trace the source of the tainted seed because it changed hands -- from farmer to grain-elevator operator to feed broker to poultry producer -- so many times. Closer monitoring is necessary at every step along the food-supply chain. Federal agencies also need more flexible enforcement powers. The USDA, for example, cannot levy fines on processing plants. It can close a plant down, but that is a drastic action that is not readily employed...
Though Tower himself and Sununu helped engineer this debacle, Bush is also to blame. His insecurities and a stubborn streak make him leery of admitting outsiders, especially people who have independent followings, into his inner circle. Most new Presidents display this flaw to some extent, but Bush has it worse than, say, Ronald Reagan, who eight years ago put together an effective team that mixed old friends and talented people he barely knew, some staunchly conservative, others not. In contrast, says a former Bush adviser who played a large role in the transition, Bush "always asked...
With this explanation, Baker pleads that what could be a flaw in his narration is actually a quirk of memory...
...Drexel's very success led to its comeuppance. As in a Greek tragedy, the company seemed to suffer from an overabundance of hubris that concealed a fatal flaw. In Drexel's case, it was Milken's growing appetite for power and control. The turning point came in November 1986 when Ivan Boesky, a notorious Wall Street speculator, pleaded guilty to a single count of securities fraud and agreed to pay $100 million to settle SEC charges that he had used insider information to buy and sell stock. Boesky, who is serving a three-year term in a minimum-security prison...
...airliner in which the cockpit is connected to flaps and rudders strictly by computer rather than by hydraulic or mechanical means. More than 400 of the planes have been ordered. (The crash of an Air France A320 during a demonstration flight last June was not the result of any flaw in the aircraft, investigators concluded...