Word: failed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Constructive criticism is always helpful. . . . But constructive criticism does not accomplish its purpose merely by pointing out what is evil. It must not fail to direct attention, with more emphasis, to what is good...
...letters of Julian Fane to his sister (Lady Rose) are of great interest and value, especially those written from Russia. The correspondence which passed between H.R.H. the Grand Duchess of Baden and Lady Rose, even during the late War, shows a simple, sincere and human friendliness, which does not fail to awaken a vivid sympathy. The book also gives some idea, superficial it is true, of the German view...
...French are so proud they spend their time deprecating themselves in order to give you an opportunity to contradict them. Don't fail...
...obtain recognition. These charges rest on a fairly sound basis. Under the agrarian provision of the 1917 Constitution more Mexicans are said to have been dispossessed of their property than U. S. citizens. If President Obregon intends to indemnify the citizens of the U. S., he can hardly fail to do the right thing by Mexican citizens. It seems, therefore, that the Mexican Treasury must groan or Obregon succumb to the jibes...
...announced that by next year he expected to make a reduction of $20,000,000 in the expenses of the Bureau, and added : " I shall be disappointed if I make this reduction and yet fail to increase the benefits due our disabled veterans...