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• n  a failing or deficiency

• To make up for at least some of those shortcomings, the phone comes with a free year of Vertu Concierge service.
• Nasser's precautions were symptomatic of the geographic shortcomings of the new union between Egypt and Syria.
• He thinks it's time for Democrats to stop "telling people what they already know" about the shortcomings of Bush's policies and propose some ideas of their own.

• defect

News & Articles

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• Nikkei Falls 6.4%, Overseas Markets Escalate Hissy Fit Over Cut in World Bank Forecasts, Fed Taper Talk
  The big shortcoming being exposed by the Fed's talk of tapering QE isn't just that it's premature. The central bank could have had its cake and eaten it too by using the "T" word and then in case of overreaction, sending minions out to reassure investors that it didn't mean it, really, they just had to say it to appease the hawks (not in that formula, mind you, the mere fact of running around ...
  June 13, 2013 - Naked Capitalism
• Galaxy S5 will reportedly be Samsung’s first all-metal smartphone
  The Galaxy S4 has only been available for a couple of months, however Samsung is already said to be hard at work on its next flagship smartphone. Critics have blasted the company in the past for its excessive use of plastic, which many have argued makes its devices look and feel cheap. Competitors like HTC, Sony and Nokia have attempted to capitalize on Samsung’s shortcoming by releasing all ...
  June 12, 2013 - BGR News via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Bill Keller in Christian Science Monitor
  We expect to use the phrase sparingly and carefully, not to the exclusion of other formulations, not for dramatic effect,Mr. Keller wrote. "The main shortcoming of 'civil war' is that, like other labels, it fails to capture the complexity...
• Pat Roberts in Seattle Times
  Simply put, I think the community is somewhat in denial over the full extent ...... of the shortcoming of its work on Iraq and also on 9/11,Roberts, unaware of Tenet's decision, said at a breakfast Thursday, "We need fresh thinking within...
• Michael Geist in 940 News
  They fall in a bit of a grey zone not because the law has a shortcoming, but because their activities themselves include some that are clearly permitted under the law, and some that may involve acts of infringement,says Geist.