failings
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Cornell itself admitted failings in a task force report released in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mr. Gude presents Eugene Debs as a man not without failings but ultimately heroic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The review was ordered by ministers a year ago following a BBC Disclosure investigation highlighting failings in maternity care across Scotland.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The issue was revived in August when the High Court quashed the commission's latest restriction because of procedural failings, without ruling that the Order had a right to march along Garvaghy Road.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Given the relatively low salaries of many mathematicians, both failings might be overcome if multimillionaires supported mathematicians who wrote for a popular audience.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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