Word: fails
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Foreign policy pragmatism and oil economics fail to wash over the inescapable truth: to peddle arms in the volatile Middle East subverts our peace efforts there and is both morally wrong and hypocritical...
After reading the account of the William Waddill case [May 22], I fail to understand why he, alone, is on trial. Are countless other physicians who perform abortions less guilty than Dr. Waddill...
...town meeting in Spokane, Wash., he recently denounced the Soviets as "innate racists" who are doomed to fail in the Third World. He is dismayed that the Soviets seem to be widening their influence in Africa, and surprised that he has had so little luck in persuading even moderate African leaders to take a strong stand against the Soviets and Cubans in their midst...
...shorter course (1/16 of a mile less than the Derby and 5/16 of a mile less than the Belmont Stakes) demands the hot speed that is the first hallmark of the breed. A topflight field hurtling around Pimlico's tight turns leaves no margin for error by a jockey: fail to find position by a few feet, miscalculate the pace by a tick of the clock, and the winner streaks to the wire before ground can be made...
...irony, says Weidenbaum, is that Government freely violates its own regulations. "Federal installations are among the worst environmental offenders. OSHA offices fail to meet OSHA safety standards. And think of Social Security and the Civil Service Retirement Fund being subjected to the standards of ERISA. They would flunk...