The FDA's side effect database is "a weak system" because it only picks up problems doctors or patients notice and report, says Bruce Psaty, a drug safety expert at the University of Washington.
Others note that a weak education system does not produce enough engineers or skilled workers.
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China was still the low-cost producer, but its weak distribution system couldn't support Giordano's new emphasis on streamlined delivery.
This gave me a clear understanding of local issues facing Las Vegans, including a weak education system and lackluster housing market.
Other debtors could have paid up but simply chose not to, knowing Mexico's weak legal system would let them get away with that.
We have a weak levy system in California, in Sacramento River Valley, and we've got the potential of a major earthquake in northern California.
However, patients with a weak immune system may not be able to do this - at which point the tuberculosis bacteria starts to spread in the lung.
Crime, corruption and a weak judicial system are overlapping problems.
There have been concerns that Russia's vast size, its remoteness from other countries and what is seen as a relatively weak transport system could make travelling around the country problematic.
This is true especially in developing countries where the restaurant chain faces difficulties such as quality and reliability issues, a weak legal system, or simply that franchisees do not possess enough scale.
Sloppy management -- a weak distri button system, disorganized product placement, inexperienced staff -- made matters worse.
Gotham as an examination of the frailties and pressure points that make this system weak in the face of the unexpected and uncontrollable.
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"A weak and uncontrolled system is open to abuse and it is open to abuse by criminal gangs who are wickedly exploiting the legitimate and understandable aspirations of people to find a better life on another country, " he said.
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And if, as the paper implies, anything other than weak protection reduces innovation then we had really rather better have a system with only weak protection and thus weak property rights.
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But there are still too many weak spots in the system for it to fully deliver.
The weak spot in this system is that buyers have to worry about getting stiffed.
The weak point of the system is the transmission of the initial task sequence.
Tuberculosis can lie dormant in a person for years and then strike when the immune system is weak.
Though the party system is weak in Afghanistan and few senior leaders attended the joint news conference Wednesday, representatives of many groups that issued the statement hold high-level positions in the Afghan government, military and law-enforcement agencies.
The financial system is weak but seems to be trying to right itself with TARP money and other government programs even as people are spending less and trying hard to pay their bills if they still have a job.
The oddity is that most banks already hold considerably more than the new minimum requirement - but the reason they already pass this threshold is because we continue to live in strange and perilous times, with many Western economies parlously weak and the financial system still stressed.
Furthermore, the main characteristic of the French political system remains - weak parliamentary rule.
While most system launches are weak, Nintendo typically releases new hardware with at least one big game.
Due to the lack of a dependable titling system and a weak judiciary, conflicts frequently arise over land rights.
Who knows whether the symptoms are just being noticed once all the activities wind down or whether a child is simply fatigued enough that their immune system becomes a little weak.
First, the weak link in any wireless or radio system is the antenna, its effectiveness and its location.
"A comprehensive approach is absolutely essential because if any one of the components is absent or weak and ineffective, the entire accountability system begins to collapse, " Walker said.
The device's novel tablet controller stayed judgment for a short time, but it didn't last long -- a weak launch lineup, a slow operating system and software delays soured an already judgmental community.
They should identify unsolved problems, map the wider system influencing results, and determine weak links to strengthen or gaps to fill.
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