"Yes, the United States has social and economic shortcomings," he declared.

Can we honestly put an entire country's economic shortcomings at the doorstep of our schools?

He said he had criticized Communism not for its economic shortcomings, but rather because it "violated or jeopardized the dignity of the person."

The Politburo also criticized economic shortcomings, including factories operating at a loss and failures to meet export quotas.

Mr. Burt concluded that it had "serious technical and economic shortcomings."

Critical attention, in short, was diverted away from the economic, social, political or metaphysical shortcomings of the USSR.

But they could also be used against him by Republican opponents seeking to highlight economic shortcomings on his watch.

In another speech, Grady wanted to gently chastise his Southern audience for what he believed to be Georgia's economic shortcomings.

However, he went on to admit that there were economic "shortcomings" and acknowledged the ongoing "food problem".

The prime minister of Poland ticks him off for economic shortcomings.