And he said that another of the group's findings -- that buses traveled 41percentt fewer miles between breakdowns in 1999 than in 1992 -- was also disingenuous because officials changed their definition of what constituted a breakdown between 1992 and last year.
A lot of times there's a breakdown between the intent somebody has and the impact they have.
Warning of a breakdown of trust between police and black communities, the Labour MP Chuka Umunna called on the home secretary to order an immediate investigation into Taser use, as activists said the figures heralded a return of institutionalised racism.
The response to the closure of Friern Barnet Library is yet another example of division: it is a symptom of a breakdown of trust between local government and the people it is supposed to serve.
José Manuel García Margallo, Spain's minister of foreign affairs, warned of a "breakdown" in trust between Madrid and Washington at a press conference in Warsaw, where he was on an official visit.
In a separate case, the owner of the Food Network and HGTV, Scripps Networks, said it removed its channels from Cablevision's lineups on Friday, a consequence of a breakdown in talks between the two parties.
But the immediate aftermath of the final, most depressing, loss in Sydney brought with it claims, counterclaims and denials of a breakdown in relations between Andy Flower, the side's coach whose official title is team director, and Kevin Pietersen, the former captain and undoubted star turn.
The stock market, digesting Friday afternoon's news of a breakdown in negotiations between President Obama and the House speaker, John A. Boehner, on plans to raise the federal debt limit, behaved relatively calmly today, with the Dow Jones shedding 0.7 percent to close at 12,593 points.
"Bloodshed in Europe and the Middle East against the backdrop of a breakdown in dialogue between the major powers is of enormous concern," he said.
In a separate report, MPs warned of a "breakdown in trust" between ministers and civil servants following recriminations about high-profile project failures, such as the botched West Coast mainline franchise process and the much-delayed e-borders immigration system.
