Word: failed
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...situation in order, the Government is allowing thousands of farmers to fail but is spending billions to boost foreign sales and prop up incomes for those who survive. Yet the adjustment process is a bitter one that promises hardship not only for farm families but for the thousands of already troubled farm-oriented businesses, including machinery builders, petrochemical companies, seed producers and the mom-and-pop shops that keep small rural towns alive...
...what good are retrospectives if we fail to assess our failures as well as our successes? Fifty years ago, when Harvard was celebrating its Tercentenary, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04 commented that though general gaiety was the order of the moment, we would all do well to remember that as we celebrate the triumph of liberal ideals and the quest for truth, much of the world remains mired in chaos...
...closing the decision-making process of the University from students, faculty and employees--the leaders of the Harvard community--fail to govern properly. Nonetheless, every member of the community has an important responsibility to actively participate in our little society whenever...
While many harried physicians salute the ancillary care provided by the new entrepreneurs, others fear that nurses playing doctor may fail to spot serious ailments. Says Dr. M. Roy Schwarz, assistant executive vice president of the American Medical Association: "They want to diagnose and treat disease. Our reaction is very simple: if you want to practice medicine, then go to medical school...
...deemed sexist--not least because by the end of the century a projected 40% of Methodist clergy will be women. Thus God of Our Fathers is to become God of the Ages, and out go Harry Emerson Fosdick's rousing lines: "Grant us wisdom, Grant us courage,/ That we fail not man nor thee." In some cases, traditional texts have been retained, but footnotes suggest alternative phrases. So come Christmastime, Methodist carolers are free to sing God Rest You Merry, Christians All, if that is their preference...