Word: failed
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...Fifty percent of the time you fail if you haven't prepared mentally," Bernal adds, explaining that advance mental rehearsal gives an athlete a sense of control that leads to confidence. "It teaches you how to make that nervous feeling you get before a performance an ally--your body letting you know that it's ready to perform...
Other corporations fail to follow Burr's lead, he says, because "they think humankind is lazy and bestial and won't do anything unless you beat them to death. We live with a 'boss' structure. But we've proved that if you give people space, room and freedom, you can get trustworthy behavior...
Thus with his majority of one, Weinberger won one of the Administration's biggest internal fights. In the process he virtually ensured that the Administration would fail to meet its stated deficit-reduction goals and would once again send to Congress a budget that not even Republican members would support...
...panel urged immediate and "intensive" treatment of those at risk, beginning with a lowfat, low-cholesterol diet. Such a regimen usually emphasizes fruits and vegetables, substitutes chicken, fish and lean meats for fatty ones, and encourages the use of polyunsaturated oil for cooking. For patients who fail to respond to diet, cholesterol-lowering drugs are advised. Further cautions: Do not smoke, exercise regularly and control your weight...
Beckett, now living in semi-obscurity in Paris, sent in a short pronouncement for the program through his agent: "The American Repertory Theatre production which dismisses my directions is a complete parody of the play as conceived by me. Amybody who cares for the work couldn't fail to be disgusted by this...