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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Parents and local school administrators have panned the Common Core testing, arguing that it takes the learning out of the classroom by setting unrealistic educational guidelines for success due to the high rate of failure on standardized tests.

The state's Board of Regents acknowledged that failure rates are running far too high — at 23 percent — on a teacher - licensing exam taken so far by about 22,000 college students and others statewide.

Their findings suggest that «long - term injection may have been responsible for a gradual loading of the fault to the point where it primed the fault for failure triggered by the short - term high - rate injection...» the authors write.

A 2012 ProPublica investigation of more than 700,000 injection wells across the country found that wells were often poorly regulated and experienced high rates of failure, outcomes that were likely polluting underground water supplies that are supposed to be protected by federal law.

The practice has since been discredited by many as a costly failure, but that doesn't detract from the bravery of the men who flew repeated missions in the knowledge that casualty rates were high.

The failure was exemplified by high drop - out rates, dismal national test scores in math, reading, and other subjects, as well as widening achievement gaps.

Alarmed by the high dropout and failure rates for college students who start out in remedial classes, Florida lawmakers voted last year to make such courses, and even the related placement tests, optional for anyone who... earned a [high school] diploma....

Failure rates for high - poverty schools are still high when judged by «value added» or «student growth percentiles» — they just aren't as ridiculously high as with proficiency rates.

She was disturbed and puzzled by the fact that students «course - failure rates (which principals were required to report every six weeks) were unacceptably high (e.g., 29 % at the high school level) despite the history of formally satisfactory student results on state tests and school accountability ratings:

Much like disaggregating test score data by race and income in the early 2000s revealed inequities in what were generally considered to be good school systems, breaking apart graduation rates by school district shows that even high - performing states have pockets of failure.

In 1998, Angela Jerabek was a 9th grade counselor frustrated by the stubbornly high failure rates of her students, and she knew something had to change.

The Hamilton Project released a series of economic facts about K - 12 education in addition to three new discussion papers by outside authors — «Staying in School: A Proposal to Raise High School Graduation Rates,» «Learning from the Successes and Failures of Charter Schools,» and «Harnessing Technology to Improve K - 12 Education.»

What part of the high rate of failure, however, was due to inadequate student knowledge in mathematics and what part of the failure was due to the poor quality of the questions asked and the convoluted and confusing test interface designed by the test makers.

Research by the College of Law found that failure to graduate is a precursor to larger personal and social problems, including a higher rate of criminal activity.

While early cars have a higher rate of failure than face - lifted models, by now most have had upgraded replacement parts fitted, and if not there are a number of specialists who will carry out this work.

Also called the default rate, the penalty rate is the high interest rate charged by credit card companies when the cardholder violates their credit card contract typically by failure to make a timely payment.

Qualifying for a traditional loan, whether from a bank or credit union backed by the SBA, is particularly difficult for a new business or startup, and it's even harder for restaurants and food service businesses given their historically higher failure rates.

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To ensure a high licensing rate, Calgary, Canada — its animal control program funded entirely by license fees and fines — imposes a $ 250 penalty for failure to license a dog over three months of age (Calgary Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw, 2006).

Global Lateral Hiring by The Numbers: A Look Behind the High 5 - Year Attrition Rate in American Lawyer International in February found that «Half of lateral partner hires are failures.

Achieved high levels of customer satisfaction, demonstrated by decreases in repair failure rates and seven years of annual sales and profitability increases in my most recent position.

In this context of court - mandated, reunification efforts attempted by mental health professionals and social workers often have a high failure rate.

without possessing anything in the way of a real estate - related background, fresh out of real estate classes (all SIX WHOLE WEEKS of them, having memorized correct answers to only 80 % of the questions» marks just recently alluded to as likely being on exams by instructors, because instructors won't be rehired if there is too high a failure rate), can these wannabe somebodies publically claim to be instant experts.