Word: failed
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...That amounts to about 56 million people. Individuals who exceed the thresholds set by the International Diabetes Federation for Japan—35.4 inches for women and 33.5 for men—and have a weight-related ailment are told to lose the extra inches. If they fail to do so within three months, they receive dieting guidance, and if they continue to keep the weight on after six months, they face further re-education. Although individuals will not be penalized for surpassing government limits, companies face hefty financial penalties if their collective workforce falls short of the targets within...
...other stories, the apathy is even more marked. Decapitation by piano strings and asphyxiations by pachinko balls are details thrown into stories that go without special notice by the author—who just glides over them—or by any of the characters, who all fail to notice the strange occurrences. The wife of “Bad Heart” brushes off her husband’s complaints of cardiovascular problems as a childish bid for attention. The main characters find themselves suppressed even in the domestic realm, as their wives make them feel ashamed, used...
...last eight years serve as proof that government can and does fail. But we support Barack Obama because we refuse to let the failures of the last president diminish our expectations for the next. Our generation will inherit the legacy of the administration that we choose on Tuesday, and if we hope to live as well as our parents did, we cannot settle for the Bush standard...
...village idiot who knows an impressive amount of kinky jargon. Ricky Mabe, the little boy from the “Lassie” series, plays the innocent, blue-eyed Barry, whom Bubbles quickly straddles and corrupts. But an all-star cast does not necessarily make a good film.After a failed first attempt at a porno, entitled “Star Whores,” the group quickly regroups and puts on “Swallow My Cockachino,” featuring “whorista” sex and espresso bean lathering, shot right in Zack’s coffee...
...also donated tens of thousands of dollars in certain Iowa and New Hampshire races in 2006, when Democrats regained control of both states' legislatures. Those states' Democratic majorities now ensure that, among other things, efforts to amend the Iowa and New Hampshire constitutions to ban same-sex marriage will fail...