Efforts to launch a round failed in 1982, and the Uruguay round, launched in 1986, broke down repeatedly.
Since reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon she has failed to progress past the second round in four of five events.
Rather they formed the starting point for the next round of failed negotiations.
Indeed the government has not answered the question as to why more austerity will work when it failed the first time round.
Calzaghe, despite winning every round, failed to find the finish and, for the second fight running, had to rely on the judges to keep his prized belt.
David Moyes' side looked to have succeeded where their Merseyside rivals Liverpool had failed in the previous round, as they led 2-1 into injury time against Oldham Athletic.
It was a marked improvement on last year, however, when she had the misfortune to draw world number one Dinara Safina in the first round and failed to win a game.
December's WTO conference held in Hong Kong failed to complete the Doha Round, which has an Apr. 30 deadline.
The ministerial meeting of 1982 failed and the later Uruguay round of talks nearly collapsed, before being successfully concluded.
The EU is pursuing regional trade agreements while global trade talks - the so-called Doha Round - have failed to make progress.
Chardy, ranked 38 in the world had already surprised former American number one Andy Roddick in the first round and had failed to beat Murray in their four previous matches.
So, while you might be inclined to call that test failed, the fact that the round stopped means that quite the opposite is true.
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It is the seventh major in succession the Serbian has failed to get past the fourth round and she admitted her growing frustration at the early exits.
Unfortunately, when it came to the repeat of the first round the many colleagues failed to materialise leaving the good-natured aristocrat and former Tory chairman unable to secure enough support from colleagues.
David Coulthard failed to get past the first round of qualifying for the second successive race as a combination of traffic and poor tyre performance saw him settle for 17th on the grid.
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But they have suffered a marked downturn in fortunes since then and having failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2003 World Cup on home soil, they have lost 11 of their last 12 one-day internationals.
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There are now just 33 athletes receiving funding from the lottery programme with the likes of Andy Turner, who failed to get beyond the second round of the 110m hurdles at the Beijing Olympics, among those to be removed from the list.
Last week's first round in the presidential election failed to produce a decisive result.
WTO's 135 member governments have so far failed to agree an agenda for the round (see article).
Mr Abdallahi gained most votes in the first round two weeks ago but failed to get the 50% needed for victory.
The WTO failed in its plan to launch a round at its previous ministerial conference in Seattle in the US in 1999.
In a surprise result in Sao Paulo, high-profile former champion of consumer rights, Celso Russomanno, failed to make it into the second round of the mayoral election.
Two days after rallying for a 142-134 triple-overtime victory, the Bulls were outscored 15-1 at the finish and failed to set up a second-round series with Miami.
They failed to make it to the knockout round.
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The CAF appeals committee, which met in Johannesburg, found no new reasons to overturn the disqualification, announced last month after the South African club failed to turn up for their first round second leg game in Madagascar.
The Swansea licence was offered in a previous round of the scheme, but failed to attract any bids.
Not only did Obama fail to deliver, he failed to even get Chicago past the first round of voting.
EU's trade liberals this week, by claiming they had failed to protect European jobs during the Doha round of talks.
The watchdog has also re-advertised the Swansea local TV licence, which failed to secure an operator in the first round of advertised licences.
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