Yet paradoxically, the beginnings of success are often the cause of the high rate of failure.
The world banking system is inherently fragile because the failure of one bank leads to contagion that can cause the failure of other banks and of the system itself.
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It said all its efforts were now being devoted to fully understanding the root cause of the failure.
The bigger deal is that this is the same rocket that launches Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, which carry crew to and from ISS. The rocket will be grounded until the root cause of the failure is determined and a fix is put into place.
Shares of hearing implants maker Cochlear surged 16% in strong volume after the company said it had identified the cause for the failure of its top-selling device.
But the immediate cause of the flooding was the failure of floodwalls and levees that were guaranteed to withstand a Katrina-sized storm surge, but failed thanks to faulty design and construction by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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The cause of the computer failure was not known on Monday, said FAA spokesman Jerry Snyder.
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The cause of the power failure was still being investigated, as Tepco had made restoring power the priority, spokesman Masayuki Ono said, according to Kyodo news agency.
While the crew on the flight deck were frantically trying to figure out the cause of this freak failure, many passengers were largely unaware that anything was wrong.
FDA. According to William Lee of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, acetaminophen is the leading cause of acute liver failure.
The immediate cause of the cash catastrophe was the failure of the House of Representatives to pass the Wall Street bailout bill.
However, Daly said that it would take extremely violent weather conditions to cause the catastrophic failure of an aircraft of this size.
The cause of decision-making failure by executive teams is simple: groupthink.
Exxon's "failure over an extended period of time to recognize those threats ... was a major cause of the failure, " Transportation officials said in Monday's notice.
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It doubles the risk of heart disease and stroke, and it is the country's leading cause of adult blindness, kidney failure, and non-traumatic amputations.
"Systemic risk" (the risk that the failure of one financial institution could cause other interconnected institutions to fail and harm the economy as a whole).
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Inflammation and fibrosis - scarring - of the liver tissue, which affects about 10% of the UK population, can cause cirrhosis or liver failure and lead to cancer if diagnosis is delayed or if left untreated.
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The sheer virulence of the infection, which can cause multi-organ failure, means it must be regarded a potent threat.
Opened earlier this summer, and modelled on Japan's little local police stations, Columbia's koban is an attempt to prevent crime by tackling some of the things that cause it: broken families, children who stop going to school, the failure of communities to help people at the end of their tether.
Earlier, the RIA-Novosti news agency, quoting a source in the inquiry, said investigators were looking at engine failure as a possible cause of the crash.
The Coast Guard said its goal for the investigation is to determine as much as possible about the cause of the tragedy and whether it was linked to equipment or material failure.
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For that reason, since heart failure is the main cause of death in such mice, their lifespans were not extended.
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So much about the endless plunder of wildlife around the world - and the apparent failure of international agreements to stem the losses - is a cause for despondency.
First, heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalization among older individuals, accounting for more than a million a year.
The cost of one sensor may be minuscule, but the damage that the failure can cause on an assembly line can be huge.
He said it was "reasonable to suspect" the failure of the reaction wheel was the cause, but scientists hadn't confirmed that.
Informed consent case law dictates that if the patient does not suffer the injury that the surgeon failed to warn of, proximate cause between injury and failure to warn cannot be established.
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It warns they cause "intolerable pain" and may exacerbate the risk of heart failure in people under the influence of drugs or with some health problems.
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