Offensively, he can destroy you in the low post, he can run perfect pick and rolls with any decent guard and when all else fails, he can just bank that pretty 15-footer.

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The second weakness is that national bank supervisors get too close to the institutions they are supposed to be policing, and treat them too leniently, to the detriment of taxpayers and sometimes other countries that also suffer when a big bank fails.

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When that fails, as, given the imperfection and limitation of human nature, it surely will fail, we move outward, first to family, then to local communities, then the individual states.

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It's been so many years, in fact, since Allen told us to "go backwards when forward fails" that the notions of forward and backward no longer seem relevant, and neither do any of the standard ways of thinking about art generationally.

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When all else fails, Williams and Co. fall back on that tried and true technique of Flower Power -- peer pressure.

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Market failure is the doctrine that describes when the market fails to operate efficiently and maximize economic growth and prosperity for all.

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The refusal to look back also robs Gore of another key argument, which is that Washington is a place where fisticuffs take over when footwork fails, and it is the most trenchant fighters who win the day.

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When the client fails to respond as directed, Deutch terminates the client and keeps his money, claiming that the retainer has been used up.

FORBES: Deutch Enjoined!