Word: failed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since no simpleton could fail to see that all these extraordinary contentions proceeded from the self-interest or fear which advanced them, the adjournment of the Committee, in midweek, without deciding the nature of even "peacetime armaments" came as no surprise...
...remains merely to convince the two Protestants that their demands are unreasonable. This delicate task requires considerable finesse if it is possible at all. Well-balanced tact is necessary to avoid offending a dictator or a sensitive South American government. Even if diplomatic sedatives fail, the League will suffer no irreparable injury by the resignation of two states which prefer their own advancement to international security...
...Passos' new novel, "Manhattan Transfer,' an innovation which has been critically as well as financially unusually successful. Indeed, the absence of these features constitute no grounds for objection, but rather for interest and speculation; and when one has adjusted his set of standards and expectations, he can not fail to admit that the play is artistically rounded, skillfully constructed, trenchantly brilliant, and thoroughly entertaining...
...book he suggests it a single paragraph what he regards as the solution, that is, a League of Nations to which all states are party. Whether or not the reader agrees with the author, he can hardly fail to find the body of the book interesting and stimulating. Mr. Dickinson does himself an injustice when he says that the book will be unappreciated by any but trained minds. Rarely are history and literary charm so well united
...believe that with good collaboration and reciprocal good will we can fail to obtain results identical with those of foreign countries...