Word: failed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...possessions, to be carefully guarded against contamination or capture. Sometimes they were incarcerated in darkness to keep them from the influence of the sun and moon, sometimes they were prevented from even touching the ground for fear that the earth might leach out their power. If the magic did fail-when the crops were poor or the hunting bad or the enemy prevailed-then it was time to get rid of the old king...
Their five demands are essentially reasonable, and so is the strike of which they are part. This weekend, the strikers made an honest concession in substituting Bettina Aptheker, a student, for Savio, a non-student. But Heyns has still refused to budge, apparently believing the strike will fail of its own accord, because of differences among its sponsors...
...close to Chicago and the climate was not to Kelly's liking; Pittsburgh was no good because, in his estimation, it was not culturally ready. Suddenly, there it was: Dallas-hot climate, lots of loose money floating around, an unquenchable cultural thirst. Perfect. How could he fail to strike a gusher in the land of the big oilwell...
...many Harvard students breakfast is a rare experience. Each morning 30 to 40 per cent of all students in Harvard College miss breakfast, not because they don't like it, but because they fail to get up by nine a.m. when the dining halls close...
...dangers of laying the case to rest now are greater than the liabilities inherent in a reinvestigation. The Warren Commission's failure has cast widespread doubt on the government's ability to perform its self-appointed tasks. A new investigation -- marshalling the full resources of the Federal government -- cannot fail to come closer to the truth than did the Warren Report. And at worst, it will substitute an honest area of doubt for an unjustified and increasingly shaky certainty...