Word: failed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Rarely does infrastructure fail as spectacularly as it did Wednesday, when plumes of smoke billowed as high as the 77-story Chrysler Building. Deterioration takes place slowly, and often, when something breaks down, the impact is minimal - for example, wisps of steam coming out of a city manhole due to a leaky pipe. Bill Miller, who worked for over 30 years as an administrative engineer with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, says the city tended to act only after the fact. "They respond to these systems when problems appear...
...PULLOUT WOULD LOOK LIKE On July 17, in yet another example of how unhelpful the political conversation has become, workers laid out cots and pillows in a marble cloakroom on Capitol Hill as the Senate prepared for an all-night debate on another in a line of doomed-to-fail resolutions. Sponsored by Democratic Senators Carl Levin and Jack Reed, the measure called on the Administration to begin withdrawing the bulk of U.S. troops within 120 days and leave an unstated number behind to go after terrorists and protect the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Many Republicans might support such...
...both parties fail to come to terms before Aug. 15, Reese could test the waters of free agency. Whatever the outcome of his contract talks, Reese plans to cut ten pounds, work on his explosive step, and adapt to a less-scrappy style of defense to better suit his 5’11 frame...
...shot dead in a Savannah parking lot while responding to an assault. Davis was at the scene of the crime, and an acquaintance who was there with him accused Davis of being the shooter. Since his conviction in 1991, Davis has seen each of his state and federal appeals fail. But in the court of public opinion, Davis presents a compelling argument. Seven of the nine main witnesses whose testimony led to his conviction have since recanted. The murder weapon has never been found, and there is no physical evidence linking the crime to Davis, who has asserted his innocence...
...political power. Until 1975, when it elected its first 20th-century mayor, the city was effectively governed by Congress, which to this day still has to approve the city's budget. Three years later, a constitutional amendment that would have made D.C. a state passed Congress, only to fail ratification in 1985 after receiving support from only 16 other states. In 2000, the city instituted a new slogan on its license plates: "Taxation Without Representation." (President Bush eventually traded in his limo tags for ones without the slogan...