But that leaves open the question of why any person in his or her right mind would allow a failure to communicate to occur in the first place.

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Their failure to inquire further puts one in mind of ostrich tactics of failing to inquire for fear that the inquiry might reveal stronger evidence of their scienter regarding the authenticity of the confidential source than the flimsy evidence of scienter they were able to marshal against Boeing.

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I've seen a number of quite seriously ill people, but the one that sticks in my mind is a 29-year-old woman who came in with alcoholic liver failure.

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In his mind, the low pay and risk of failure at a startup would beat the months of fruitless toil he experienced during a recent internship at France Telecom.

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But while A Rod the human can while away his down time by flirting with pretty women in the stands, his equine counterpart has no such diversion to take his mind off his failure on the field of play.

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This was one of the lowest points in my life -- my mind and body felt completely drained, and I felt like a failure.

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