Sentence examples for the breakdowns were from inspiring English sources

"The breakdowns were not the whole story," she said.

About a third of the breakdowns were caused by vandalism, said Joe Trainor, an official who oversees elevator and escalator replacement.

The breakdowns were so severe in Brooklyn that the board later fired several of its own mechanics there, all patronage workers who had been hired more for their political connections than for their skills with a wrench.

He said the breakdowns were the result of poor maintenance or "inadequate training of the election inspectors who don't fully understand how to operate the machines, especially at the opening of polls".

The report found that the breakdowns were partly the result of C.I.A. officers' wanting to believe they had finally come across the thing that had eluded them for years: a golden source who could lead them to the terror network's second highest figure, Ayman al-Zawahri.

Their data suggested the breakdowns were more prevalent in eastern parts of England and Scotland, with the greatest concentration in the North East, but other parts of the country are affected.

But some of the breakdowns are more serious, to do with working practices and making progress.

"Some of the breakdowns are baffling, to be honest with you," Barnes said.

"The breakdowns are coming from all over the place," Woodson said.

The breakdowns are in the chart above.

Another leading University of Chicago economist, Raghuram Rajan, writes, "the initial causes of the breakdown were stagnant wages and rising inequality".