Word: failings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harper, the Liberal Party saw their number of seats in Parliament reduced from 95 to 76. Current Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion will step down as soon as a new leader is chosen, making him only the second Liberal Party leader in the Party’s history to fail to attain the office of Prime Minister. “The prize has been diminished,” said Cohen. “The party is broke, it’s in opposition. [But] there is excitement around Ignatieff.” According to Fairbrother, the campaign isn?...
...Matt Hanson knocks a Garton pass up in the air and two Harvard defenders fail to pull down the interception...
...years and a father of three, has lived through tragedy no one should endure once, and he did so twice in the span of a month. Bonnie Hubley, his wife, had polycystic kidney disease, in which cysts grow in the kidneys, often becoming so large that the kidneys fail and have to be replaced. All of the Hubley children inherited the genetic disease. In 1995, Bonnie had a kidney transplant, and in October of last year, her body began to reject the replacement kidney, requiring her to start dialysis...
...possible that the panic never would have happened if Paulson and Federal Reserve officials hadn't allowed Lehman to fail. Although, given how much criticism they got for their semi-bailout of Bear Stearns in March, it's easy enough to see where that decision came from. Less easy to understand is why Paulson initially stubbornly insisted that the bailout bill be structured as an asset-purchase plan - it's still called the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP - rather than as a straightforward recapitalization of troubled banks. Treasury has since switched to the latter approach, so far putting...
...earthquakes, most people do exactly the wrong thing. "Unfortunately, adults fail miserably when it comes to quake-safe actions," says Inés Pearce, a spokeswoman for the Earthquake Country Alliance, the umbrella group for all the organizers. They run outside or inside. Or they run to a doorway, which is no longer considered wise. Most injuries occur when people try to move during the shaking. It is much safer to drop, cover and hold on close to wherever you happen to be standing. Children actually are much better at this - because they have regular drills in school...