Word: fails
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Moreover, Israeli citizens and their leaders are growing increasingly militant as they read Arab statements that seem to them intransigent. Aharon Yariv, the dovish former Information Minister in Yitzhak Rabin's last Labor government, warned last week that if U.S. peace efforts fail, "war becomes a definite possibility." Returning from a state visit to Rumania, Premier Begin defiantly noted that his government includes three generals who led Israeli armies to victory in previous wars. Said he: "We shall be ready to defend ourselves...
...year, and the last increase earlier this summer seems to knock them out of the game. They have three months to come up with half of their newest tax bill-$5,000 a year-and are already preparing for the shock of having to sell out if they fail...
...negotiations, which continued until July 5 under a special contract extension, seemed near a successful conclusion early this summer, but a dispute over the scope of union bargaining authority derailed the talks. Letteri said Harvard's failure to guarantee job security to officers who fail their mandatory physical examinations was part of "a big all-out effort to break up the union" by using the physicals as an excuse to weed out uncooperative union members...
...determined to put it on top and keep it there. "He's fearful and panicked and fixing and playing, as if he were losing not winning," marvels one friend. A puzzle? Not really. "To Freddie," explains Dann, "it isn't enough to succeed. The other guy has to fail." Silverman says somewhat the same thing, but less bluntly: "I think there is a philosophy that is good no matter what you are doing. That is to always act as if you're in last place. You just shouldn't take success for granted, because you can turn around...
...catch Bobby but in plenty of time to allow for a colorful comic chase. Naturally, the public rallies to him as a sort of Robin Hood figure. The film offers a glancing insight into a curious phenomenon of our time, namely, when the law's remedies for injustice fail, celebrity can be a powerful defense for the few individuals lucky enough to command...