1.   His skills remain sharp and he insists his vast experience compensates for any physical deficiencies that might come with age.

2.   It is common here to attribute this weakness to physical deficiencies in Chinese people, but the real explanation lies in the quality of conservatory faculty and students.

3.   The physical deficiencies involve whether crucial systems would continue to operate if there were a fire in a cable room or other critical areas.

4.   U.S. Olympic training team members are honing their psyches, testing their equipment and rooting out their tiniest physical deficiencies.