Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...French version of democracy could fail to draw on the libertarian principles of Rousseau and Montesquieu. Men known as leftists had fought for years for those principles; yet today's leftists sought to limit and modify them...
...sound of loud explosions, a succession of breathless news announcers pleaded with Parisians not to panic. "You are helpless in any case," they added. They begged listeners to remain calm "even if you see sudden flashes in the sky, hear claps of thunder; if the earth quakes, lights fail, electric motors stop and you sense . . . loss of equilibrium...
...whether England can't get some help from others" (Britain would scarcely fail to try, but significant help could come only from...
Landis predicted that American universities would draw increasing numbers of students from other lands whose training in Roman civil law could not fail to influence American law and men engaged in world commerce...
...airlines could not work up too much outrage. The pilots, among the world's most skilled employes, are the backbone of the aviation industry, have frequently suggested technical improvements from which all management has profited. Moreover, the pilots have to make their money while they can-once they fail to pass the rigid physical examinations required by the Civil Aeronautics Board, their careers are over...