As an example of what he called questionable procedures, Mr. Johnson said the plant's output fluctuated sharply in a way that could have damaged the turbines.

"It would certainly seem far simpler for the Romulans to give Captain Blaze one of their own vessels rather than embark on such a questionable procedure."

The Ex-Sovereign's recent decisions make it appear he is choosing men rather than poems- a questionable procedure.

As an advocate of "racial hygiene" and "euthanasia" he carried out compulsory sterilisations, questionable compulsory medical procedures and food rationing on patients with "hereditary" diseases.

His report showed that competitive pressures caused by commercial deregulation cut into safety standards and that many of the industry's sloppy practices and questionable procedures placed the pilot in a very difficult situation.

I am leaving, and by the time you claim this letter by means of your questionable procedures, I will be well beyond your reach.

Employees appreciate that objective standards are now applied fairly to everyone - and they undergo fewer questionable medical procedures.

Some surgery centers where questionable procedures were performed may well have also performed legitimate services, Mr. Chambers of Cigna said.

As a result of questionable medical procedures, he has been forced to surrender his right to practice in one state and has agreed never again to deliver babies in another.

The report concluded that competitive pressures caused by commercial deregulation cut into safety standards and that many of the industry's sloppy practices and questionable procedures were placing pilots in difficult situations.