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But preventing deadlocks is also necessary, such as putting selection of senators in only one house of the state legislatures, or in a committee of the whole, with the governor breaking deadlocks.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Repeal the 17th Amendment? 2010

Another urged a study of the effects of tie votes - or "deadlocks" - at the six-member Federal Election Commission.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By JAMEY KEATEN 2012

And one more thing, what is it with "deadlocks" being unlockable?

Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008

Acceptance of this idea was fostered by the mounting accumulation of evidence of the practical disadvantages and malpractices attendant upon legislative selection, such as deadlocks within legislatures resulting in vacancies remaining unfilled for substantial intervals, the influencing of legislative selection by corrupt political organizations and special interest groups through purchase of legislative seats, and the neglect of duties by legislators as a consequence of protracted electoral contests.

The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920

Monitoring can point out the effects that multiple distributed applications can have upon each other, such as deadlocks and timeouts.

Database Journal News 2010

The EventAnalyzer displays a view of operating-system events over time and helps track down bad interactions, such as deadlocks and race conditions between tasks.

Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

The EventAnalyzer displays a view of operating-system events over time and helps track down bad interactions, such as deadlocks and race conditions between tasks.

Gadget Freak Files 2010

The British crime survey for 2007-08 shows households with no home security measures are around 10 times more likely to have been victims of burglary than those with simple security measures in place, such as deadlocks on doors or window locks.

Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2009

If, for example, the committee deadlocks, existing congressional committees could be asked to find the cuts.

Debt-Crisis Vote Goes Down to Wire in House Naftali Bendavid 2011

Iraq's government has been criticized for its deadlocks on key issues, including whether to ask the U.S. to extend its military presence in the country beyond a December pull-out date.

Iraq Moves to Cut Size of Government 2011