Nothing sharpens the focus on shortcomings like defeat in a city derby.
"Will Microsoft be defending themselves on shortcomings or will they be riding the tide?
The commission, in its April 21 show-cause order, sought explanations from the carriers on shortcomings in assigning the new area code, educating customers about the change and intercepting incorrectly dialed calls with recorded messages.
If Beane can figure out a way to improve on shortcomings such as the leaking bullpen, Oakland could quickly find themselves in the running for a fourth straight playoff appearance, and yet another shot at the post-season crapshoot.
No company's controls are perfect, and it would be good if auditors were able to comment on shortcomings without infuriating companies - or panicking investors over relatively minor issues.
However, the risk of burnout is very real, and very widespread," Last week the Care Quality Commission reported on shortcomings at Kings Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire, where staff shortages led to nurses breaking down in tears because of workload pressures.
It is hard to pin high pay on shortcomings in the governance of publicly-owned companies.The government's aim, to link pay more tightly to performance, is a good one, as is the goal of making pay more transparent.
Universities are seldom lauded publicly for maintaining good processes and practices; instead, media stories commonly focus on shortcomings.
The 515-page report by UNAIDS includes new estimates of infections for each country, "lessons of hope," details on shortcomings, and essays from health officials, politicians, disease advocates, and celebrities.
Hoummady et al. presented a survey on shortcomings of all sensory devices which used for real-time traffic information collection [23, 24] and proposed a usage of video camera as data collection for traffic management.
