Mrs Clinton will pray they are akin to the Republican race that year, when Ronald Reagan tweaked the nose of his party’s establishment, but ultimately failed to win the nomination.

克林顿将会祈祷他们正像当年的共和党竞选一样，当时虽然里根在党内领先，却最终没能获得提名。

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United's youngsters may have failed by a whisker to win the fa Cup semi-final but they still passed a severe test of their temperament with credit.

曼联的年轻球员们没有在足总杯半决赛中晋级，不过他们还是用自己的表现通过了测试。

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Jean Mamboundou says opposition parties have failed to heed civil society's call for a single candidate because many believe they can win the election outright on their own.

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His main opponent, the controversial mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandic, came in second with nearly The men will face each other in a final election round on January 10th, since they failed to gain the minimum of 50 percent plus one vote to win outright.

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But at the recent conference they failed to win the required two-thirds majority.

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Now, when it is too late, they are trying to win through rioting what they failed to win at the ballot box, thus discrediting their protestations of liberal values.

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Coventry will be playing in the Championship next season but they had to rely on other teams to save them - fierce Midlands rivals Leicester were relegated after they failed to win at Stoke and Southampton beat Sheffield United 3-2 to ensure their survival.

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