Word: failed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this reckless attack, then, really intended to fail? "We suspect -- mostly on the basis of the two Libyan pilots parachuting from their MiGs -- that they intentionally provoked the incident," said an Italian government official. Besides being concerned about the chemical plant, added a West German diplomat, Gaddafi "has been outraged by the P.L.O.'s concessions to the U.S. for direct contacts, and he could have seen a chance here to try to sabotage...
...distraction with their disruptive antics. At home they clamber on kitchen counters, unscrew light bulbs and mess up the simplest tasks, from hanging up their clothes to making the bed. In school they throw erasers, kick desks, shove classmates and are so busy making nuisances of themselves that they fail to absorb their lessons. One bedeviled mother speaks for many when she says, "I would have given the kid away...
...perception" of the outside commission because they thought it had been established to reinvestigate the specific circumstances of last year's disciplinary case, said Kenneth L. Kamper, chair of the honor committee. But Kamper said most cadets now "feel pretty good about it because it can't fail to help us, and our system." He added that a student committee reviewing the West Point honor system is not trying to implement large changes, but rather to "give it a fine tuning...
...been the cost. Home-banking customers pay up to $144 a year for the service, far more than the average household spends on the checks and stamps used to pay bills. But the biggest obstacle is that home computers have no way to produce hard cash, so they fail to eliminate a customer's periodic trek to the bank or automated-teller machine...
...smog-resistant trees. "It was backbreaking work that required all of our creativity," he recalls. "For me, it was a life-altering experience." Lipkis went on to study ecology and search for ways to encourage more people to plant more trees. "I started a long process of trying and failing," he remembers, as he sought to enlist public and private support for his cause. "Being able to fail is a key to the volunteer process," he adds now. "In their jobs, people aren't allowed to do that. The real joy of being a volunteer is the freedom to express...