Word: failed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...book's most prominent theme is city officials' difficulties in getting things done. In a place like Cambridge, simple problems such as establishing bicycle lanes can take years to implement and then fail...
...created by Recruit, the L.D.P.'s chances of winning the 54 seats it needs to retain a majority are less than certain. Finally, Takeshita's own lease on party and government office comes due in October, and he wants to reclaim it for another two-year term. Should he fail to do so, the Recruit fiasco could be the reason. April may yet prove the cruelest month for Noboru Takeshita...
...pointing out, their country has a long tradition of avoiding seemingly inevitable political upheaval. "The P.R.I. has an almost magical power to redirect itself to reflect the needs of the country," says a Mexican official. "And so we have the young technocrats running things. But if they should fail, then look for a wave of populism." If that happens, Salinas could easily turn against Washington and the foreign banks, leaving them wondering what happened to that simpatico President they liked so much in April...
Dead and injured fans lay strewn across the field. After calm had been restored, Football Association officials promised a "full investigation" into the tragedy. Among the questions: Why did police fail to control the overflow crowd? And who authorized the opening of the gate? Said British Sport Minister Colin Moynihan: "This is a tragic day for sport, football and the country as a whole...
...little calculus. He did not know the names of mathematical symbols on the test and resorted to describing each symbol to me by its physical appearance. Thus an integral sign, the most basic symbol of calculus, was "something that looks like an 's'." Those who are not blind often fail to appreciate that I have never seen mathematical symbols. Blind people use the Nemeth Braille Code of Mathematic and Scientific Notations, which has no relation to the physical appearance of printed mathematical symbols. Thus my proctor's efforts to describe the physical appearance of symbols on the exam, in lieu...