Word: failed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...between. From these parties the British press is unanimous in predicting a greater return of Conservatives and Laborites, than of Lloyd-Georgians; and with this forecast the ex-premier agrees. He has been shaping his policy accordingly. He thinks--and he is usually right--that the Conservatives will fail to secure a majority, and that they will need the votes of this won minority party. Then Lloyd-George will be the power behind the premier; and later, of course, he may even be premier again, if he is sufficiently urged...
...safety of the non-Turkish minority in Asia Minor which, according to the opinion of eye witnesses like Dr. Ward, Professor Harlow and other Americans, unless protected from the outside, will be unable to escape death by the sword or by expatriation. The Conference is similarly bound to fail in the matter of the Straits and Constantinople and also in the matter of establishing a home for the Armenian nation, a question which has been regarded as a matter of honor for the United States...
...system such as this many students would fail, but, to alter the quotation a little: "Tis better to have worked, and failed, Than never to have worked at all." And those successful would be worthy to a degree even greater than some others who have been personally conducted through the modern "savage wood" of learning...
...least that is the opinion suggested by a recent discovery. A tablet has been found at Nippur unmistakably antedating the Hebrew epic by ten centuries, and giving in surprisingly similar detail, even to names, the creation and fail of man. Supplemented by other records, a complete Sumerian legend can be constructed, which carries the history of Babylonia up to a flood strangely like that which bore Noah on his famous voyage. Thenceforward, the tale is different, and, as the critics would have said, the Hebrew plagiarism ceases...
...course a few sentimental pacifists will offer a mild protest. There are always those who fail to distinguish progress. But the rest of mankind will shout "Onward Civilization!" as the watchword of an enlightened race...