The burst quickly fizzled though, when the democratic "revolutions" proved short-lived and prone to violence and corruption.

The papers suggest that American has proven particularly prone to smuggling problems because it has the most service to drug-exporting countries such as Colombia.

Some customers are using it to train or reassign employees who prove more prone to such errors.

Some of the city's previous experiments with private management or private ownership of public services proved inefficient or prone to corruption.

Unfortunately, over time, this section of the road proved highly prone to movement, especially after periods of heavy rain, and was in constant need of repair.

In service after December 1940, it proved powerful and capable but prone to wheelslip and surging, presaging the problems with later duplex designs.

However the site proved prone to flooding, impeding the ability of the friars to undertake their ministry.

The unusual faceted nose was chosen when a more conventional hemispherical nose proved prone to ice accretion.

This was evaluated in March 1941 and proved prone to stoppages.

Once again, the Flyers proved more tenacious and less prone to defensive mistakes than Montreal.