"The staff found serious deficiencies in the Amex's regulatory programs," the report said.

An assessment team, he added, found "significant deficiencies" in border control.

Workshop members analyzed the design of the flavored straw and found deficiencies.

The team found deficiencies in the way basic subjects were taught and deemed the students to be average.

Industry executives said yesterday that the team had found deficiencies at several other plants and may have briefly closed two others.

In 1994, the Council's first review of the institution found deficiencies.

The review, conducted in January by state health officials, found enough deficiencies to warrant a second, more comprehensive survey.

The vote was postponed after district lawyers found technical legal deficiencies in part of the plan.

The study found systemic deficiencies and recommended a complete overhaul.

Since 1996, state health officials have found several deficiencies in the clinic and its laboratories.