On Thursday President Obama blamed the incident on what he called a "systemic failure across organizations and agencies."

VOA: special.2010.01.09

These marks on the skin can also be a sign of another form of lupus called systemic lupus.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

When people talk about lupus, they usually mean the systemic form of the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

"This has clearly been a systemic challenge for financial stability in the euro area.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Systemic lupus can affect almost any organ or organ system in the body.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

"It did not adequately put in place a set of checks and balances on risk-taking that had systemic consequences."

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

This has given rise to systemic risks affecting livelihoods, the environment as well as human and animal health."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says there has been a systemic failure in giving tribal communities in remote areas a stake in economic development.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"How can we possibly assign powers to a systemic regulator if we have not fully examined the appropriate roles for the existing regulators?

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"Concern about systemic risk has diminished, and overall credit conditions have started to improve."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

President Barack Obama described the incident as a "systemic failure" of America's security apparatus, and U.S.officials have pledged to do what it takes to prevent a recurrence.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

and they did it,". He says reforms undertaken by communist dictatorships never lead to systemic change without an active opposition creating what he calls a "civil society movement."

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Therefore,steps were taken virtually to abolish it,'". While systemic failure was the key factor for some observers, others highlight the role played by individuals working to defeat Soviet communism from within.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"By creating this process which non-banks whose failure would have systemic consequences could be wound down in an orderly fashion, we would restore balance and force firms to face the consequences of their actions,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"When our government has information on a known extremist and that information is not shared and acted upon as it should have been and this extremist boards a plane with dangerous explosives that could cost nearly 300 lives, a systemic failure has occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29