Word: failed
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...responsible for their situation because their youth exempts them from personal responsibility. Explanations we give for their poverty sound very common-sensical as a result: They are homeless because there is no affordable housing in Boston. They are poor because there are no jobs for their parents. They fail school because they do not speak English...
...proposals for the $40,000 were new grants to student groups, new athletic equipment for the MAC and investing in corporate sponsors for Springfest. Yet, while these proposals would provide what one council member persistently called "tangible evidence" of the $40,000 being put to good use, they would fail to muster a new and persistent popular support for the council. The council is already known for providing grants to student groups. Any athletic equipment purchased would certainly be overshadowed by ongoing renovations to the MAC. And Springfest is a once-a-year event that is just as soon forgotten...
...schools that are low performers. Five years ago, just over half the state's students passed all the components of the TAAS; last year more than three-quarters did. During his campaign for re-election, Governor George W. Bush vowed to up the ante by holding back students who fail the TAAS. Says Bush: "In Texas we have found that when you raise the bar, people rise to the challenge...
...Unfortunately, what many fail to realize-and what earlier generations might have understood-is that, as the night wears on, the odds of hitting jackpot only get worse. And the value of the jackpot only declines. Young love is the purest sort; we have not yet had the time to accumulate all the baggage that maintains the psychotherapists in their homes in the Hamptons. No matter when you settle down there are bound to be bumps ahead. But, if you've already met one of the greats, you might want to hang on now-because purity is irreplaceable...
Model railroaders argued, among other things, that if their trains doubled in price, more kids would turn to lives of drugs and crime. Other train enthusiasts, including Davis, wrote letters: "I fail to see any relationship between model-railroad equipment and bananas." Trains got dropped...