Word: failed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Liberals have yet to prove that a Liberal vote is not a wasted vote. The Liberals, it is estimated, must gain 30 per cent of the popular vote before the "take-off" point is reached where this large share will be realistically reflected in Parliament. If they fail to take off this year, they may be relegated once again to their role as political gadfly...
...treatment of Guinier in this matter would seem to bear proof of Guinier's claim that the administration continues to treat the Afro Department as a "second-class citizen." It is inconceivable that Bok would fail to appoint any History Department members to the board of a new Harvard history institute, but that is exactly the approach he has taken to Afro in dealing with DuBois. If Bok could not find his way to appoint Guinier, there is no excuse for his decision to overlook all of the department's junior faculty while making up his list of advisory board...
Americans usually learn of the agency's covert actions only when they fail so spectacularly that they cannot be kept secret. Examples: the U-2 incident in 1960, when the Soviets shot down the spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers; the CIA-directed invasion of Cuba in 1961; the Chilean operation. Over the years, there were successes for the CIA as well: the 1953 coup that deposed Premier Mohammed Mossadegh (who had nationalized a British-owned oil company and was believed to be in league with Iran's Communist Party) and kept pro-American Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi...
...denied as a mistake by the Justice Department), deserters can escape serving the alternate public-service work. They will be given "undesirable discharges" and must pledge to take a compensatory job, but will lose only the benefit of changing their discharge to one termed a "clemency discharge" if they fail to do so. Neither type of discharge is a legal barrier to employment in civilian jobs; both deny veterans' benefits to the holder. Few deserters are likely to find two years of enforced labor worth the distinction...
...parent who wins custody of a child should make all decisions about the child's life, including when-or whether-the other parent should visit. The courts must not be used to enforce visiting privileges if the parents fail to agree...