Besides large plots of land, the government promised them schools, credit and farm tools, but often failed to deliver.
Private investors are much better than the government at sniffing out high returns, but they often failed to finance what turned out to be immensely profitable projects.
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Building costs were supposed to be shared by central and local authorities, but the latter often failed to chip in.
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But all failed, often amid overwhelming opposition from chiefs.
But what my former pastor too often failed to understand is that embarking on a program of self-help also requires a belief that society can change.
Last year, I vowed that I would set aside time to start working on it, but I failed to follow through, too often allowing myself to get distracted by other obligations, both large and small.
The U.S. marketing team would send to Japanese management product requirements based on real customer desires, but what came back in the next product cycle often failed to reflect this market orientation.
The industry needs new accounting systems but it continues to muddle along with systems that have failed, often dramatically.
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Alliances like that have more often failed when tried in the past in tech, but on the other hand, there are very few spaces available at the executive table.
But there is a reason for this: often in the past aid has failed, or at least has been understood to fail.
The evaluators' criticism was not just that a third of the 220 projects under scrutiny had failed to achieve their goals, but that those goals were often misconceived.
Connor Wickham was a constant thorn in the side of the visitors' defence, but despite increasing pressure as the match wore on, the hosts failed to work Camp often enough.
Losing a job always feel like a big failure, so in that sense I have failed, but I now know that failure is a precursor to success, and often, being open to failure leads to success.
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But Colin Calderwood's side failed to build any serious momentum, with moves breaking down too often due to poor passing on a badly rutted pitch.
This, too, failed to produce any additional yardage, but I did strain my back more regularly and would often lose my balance embarrassingly at the finish of a swing.
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