1.   And the test failure may also lead to some rethinking of the potential missile threat from Third World states and how to deal with it.

2.   Glaring failures led to their dilution.

3.   His failure to defend led to his being stripped of his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association belts last year.

4.   If this mechanism fails for some reason, the experts wrote, this failure could lead to development of gastric cancer.

5.   In New Orleans, power-plant failures led to blackouts that disrupted service for more than half a million customers.

6.   Investigators are examining the condition of the bus to determine whether a mechanical failure led to the crash.

7.   Past uncontained failures have led to chains of events that brought down airplanes.

8.   That failure has led Ditto and his team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University to look beyond silicon and even beyond light chips.

9.   That failure led to a monthlong stay of execution for McVeigh and sharp rebukes from members of Congress.

10.   The failure led to a shut-down of non-essential government services.