He said the problem was not related to last week's widespread electrical failure, which Amtrak has not been able to explain.

August - Following a very cold summer there is widespread failure of the potato crop, as in 1836, leading to famine later in the year.

His situation is similar to that of Americans during that time because neither had experienced such widespread economic failure.

Those claims were questioned after widespread scientific failure around world to reproduce the results that the Utah researchers had reported.

Analysts said they did not expect widespread failures of other companies because of junk bond problems.

A failure so widespread has focused attention on concerns about reactive power that have long brewed beneath public awareness.

This promising, though early, experience suggests that the widespread failure of many large schools can be reversed.

It also described widespread failures to follow standard hospital procedures.

In 1914, a major drought had caused widespread failure of crops.

For now, officials do not foresee widespread failures among the nation's largest banking companies, almost all of which will post some profits.