It represents a failure of wider society to take up the issue.

这代表着广大社会在接手这一问题上的失败。

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The failure of the defenders of freedom to recognize the basic philosophical issue explains why they have not been successful.

自由的辩护者们未能认识到这个基本的哲学问题，所以他们尚未获得成功。

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If the parties are unable to issue a joint document, can we say that this round of six-party talks is a failure?

如果各方不能发表共同文件，可不可以说，这次六方会谈是失败的？

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Mr.Obama accused Republicans of playing politics with the issue, after at least one opposition senator said failure to pass health reform could "break" the president.

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The measure of Mr Bush's failure to tackle this issue seriously is his continued rejection of the only two clean and efficient solutions to climate change.

ECONOMIST: Climate change

But it also says much about two other things: the fatigue of the Concertacion, the centre-left coalition that has governed the country since 1990, and the failure of all Chile's politicians to tackle the issue of campaign finance.

ECONOMIST: Much ado about campaign finance

It is on the issue of failure, however, that the thornier questions still lie.

ECONOMIST: Banking reforms