Word: failed
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...President for eight years. Morris cites a former aide as saying that the President's attention span "would compare to that of a fruit fly." He tells the story of seeing President Reagan the morning after they had actually dined together at the Morris home: "Not only did he fail to mention our dinner, it was obvious from his smiling yet distant demeanor that he did not recall...
...that we are woefully underinsured for flood damage. And the industry has its own list of reasons for why that's so. Banks usually don't require the coverage but probably should. The Federal Government often jumps in with emergency assistance, a disincentive for paying for coverage. And policyholders fail to read the fine print and mistakenly believe they're covered...
Among the many issues candidates stressed in the forum, which was sponsored by the Cambridge Democratic City Committee, was the need to eliminate disparities in performance between students of different races and classes. Blacks and Latinos fail and dropout much more, incumbent Alice L. Turkel said...
...difficult than ever. A report that looked at two cities, Boston and Boise, Idaho, shows that the pesky six-legged parasites are increasingly resistant to permethrin, the active ingredient in Nix, a popular over-the-counter remedy. What to do? Doctors suggest that you try commercial preparations; if these fail, ask your physician for a prescription pesticide. Or forget pesticides altogether, and try products with "delipidizing agents," which are found in health-food stores...
...gloats. He vamps. He prefers the game to the goal. Darwin is his muse: the Weak must fail. Every thought he has he blurts out. The theme of his book is that he embodies the American Dream--indeed he is the American dream--and he never lets go of that idea. "You can see a long way from the Trump Tower. I'm having fun making great deals, and I'm living the American Dream." When he's not having fun, he's a wall of worry that the American Dream could turn into a nightmare. "View [the American Dream...