Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...true that Americans and Englishmen, generally, find difficulty in mastering foreign languages, but, even if they fail to acquire a perfect accent, or misspell an occasional word, this does not constitute an insult or offense to the natives of the country, as Mr. Mallison apparently considers...
...actually were in danger, and the danger could be shown, the bill would pass like a shot; draftees would stay in the Army indefinitely. If no danger could be clearly demonstrated, the bill might fail, the half-baked U.S. Army would lose its half-baked soldiers, would have to start from the beginning again with completely raw recruits...
...Japanese played for time, Minister van Mook was the one who got it - and used it. When the negotiations ended in a complete Japanese defeat last June, thanks to Hubertus van Mook the Dutch had had time to get ready. Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu felt that Japan's fail ure to grab the Indies was unforgivable...
Measured by the subjects and facts they teach-and by those they fail to teach-most U.S. public schools are far behind the times. So reported a group of curriculum experts, headed by Professor Herbert B. Bruner of Columbia University's Teachers College, who last week completed a five-year study called What Our Schools Are Teaching (Bureau of Publications, Teachers College...
...mile bicycle trip through Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, Federal Judge George A. Welsh wheeled up to his Lima, Pa. doorstep with news that men had heard before but hope always to hear again: "Whatever may be in store for us, you can count on the people. They will not fail...