He who risks and fails can be forgiven.

FORBES: 7. Ethical behavior is the best long-term strategy.

Now it's hard to feel a frenzy of empathy for a man who admits he fails to warrant eight-figure salary that he solicited and signed.

WSJ: The Truth Sets Mark Teixeira Free

If his venture fails, he and other investors who shared his confidence in the business may well lose wealth, and the project will sooner or later be halted, no matter how commendable and morally uplifting it is.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Frustratingly, he should be more successful there than his average of 31 suggests and if he fails this week, I really have no idea who will be batting at number at three in the first Test against South Africa this winter.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

Lew is right as far as he goes but fails to note that the select group of donors who would be affected provide a disproportionate share of all charitable giving.

FORBES: Connect

President Napolitano, who is serving an unprecedented second term, has suggested he might resign if the new government fails to enact reforms.

BBC: New Italian 'grand coalition' government sworn in

President Napolitano, who is serving an unprecedented second term, has suggested he might resign if a new government fails to enact reforms.

BBC: Italy PM-designate Enrico Letta agrees new government

Now the PM finds himself caught between rebel Tory MPs - around 100 of them - and the Lib Dems who are making increasingly overt threats of "consequences" (see my last post) if he fails to confront them.

BBC: Lords reform: Now it's handbags

Publisher Steve Forbes, who finished second in last week's Iowa caucuses, may face some of the same pressure if he fails to finish third or better in New Hampshire.

CNN: New Hampshire voters head to the polls