Sentences with phrase «plagued by failures»

The sprawling complex continues to be plagued by failures in management and regulatory compliance, according to the commission's report.

Unless, the international community can convince or cajole nations to make commitments consistent with their ethical obligations, then international climate negotiations are likely to continue to be plagued by the failure to tackle the most difficult climate change issues.

Not exact matches

Because they were always a minority population wherever they lived, the dominant polity found them a convenient excuse for whatever went wrong — crop failure, the plague, drought, flooding, excessive cold temperatures, excessive warm temperatures, defeat of the army by an enemy.

Our entire conversation has been plagued by what appears to be a failure to communicate.

On his first three tries McKee and his companions were plagued by motor failure, dragging anchors, swamping, foul weather and bad air, heavy seas and tides, injury, sickness and sharp arguments fomented by charges and countercharges of illegal activity — in short, the routine troubles that wreck hunters come to expect.

Queens Sen. Mike Gianaris wants wealthy downstate residents to foot the bill to fix the city's subway and rail systems that have been plagued by delays and failures.

Mr. Recchia's failure to communicate surprised many who knew him and supported his candidacy — he had not been plagued, at least publicly, by similar embarrassments as City Council finance chair.

«Traditional balloon angioplasty is plagued by high incidence failure, restenosis [recurrence] and inability to elevate the patient's symptoms,» said lead researcher Dr. Robert A. Lookstein, associate director of Mount Sinai's division of interventional radiology.

What once seemed sure to be a noble failure plagued by production woes, World War Z turns out to be one of the more captivating summer entertainments this year, a sprawling film that maintains an alluring sense of intimacy.

What once seemed sure to be a noble failure plagued by production woes, World War Z turns out to be one of the more captivating summer entertainments this year.

Plagued by reshoots and dogged by rumors of poor test screenings, «The Dark Tower» once looked like it would be one of the more notable failures of 2017.

This especially includes the city council, especially those on the body who represent areas plagued by the worst of L.A. Unified's dropout factories and failure mills.

One need only look at Trenton Public Schools which, while showing some signs of improvement, have long been plagued by the same infractions as IAT: failure to provide a strong education program and failure to show sustained organizational stability.

Without proper understanding and implementation of aid effectiveness measures, any effort to help developing countries is bound to be plagued by confusion, waste, and corruption, if not outright failure.

The stealth genre has long been plagued by the enveloping darkness of abject failure, an impending sense of fear that everything you have worked so hard to accomplish is but hair's breadth away from collapsing...