• Other factors included widespread illiteracy, and the failure of the political parties to explain the proposals.

    ECONOMIST: The

  • With the failure of the secular parties and even of Hamas to achieve peace, victory or a modicum of prosperity, youths turned to ideologues who had broken away from Palestinian nationalism to invoke instead the power of pan-Islamist fervour.

    ECONOMIST: Long the unluckiest of the lot

  • The looming sequester, which would slash spending across the government, was created by both parties, after the failure of the Grand Bargain, in 2011, as a purposely odious policy, in order to force the two sides to reach a more rational plan to reduce long-term deficits.

    NEWYORKER: The House of Pain

  • One of the new offences is failure by a firm to prevent third parties (such as contractors or agents) greasing palms on its behalf.

    ECONOMIST: Corporate misbehaviour

  • Their conclusions: The "hurricane protection system" built by the Corps had serious design and construction flaws, baked into the system over 40 years under administrations of both parties, that caused catastrophic failure in more than 50 locations under storm surge conditions markedly less than the system was advertised to withstand.

    CNN: Commentary: Does Obama care about New Orleans?

  • The BBC's Wyre Davies, in Jerusalem, says that although Mr Netanyahu is facing many tricky policy situations - including the collapse of peace talks with the Palestinians and how to respond to Iran's nuclear programme - it is the failure to agree a budget with other coalition parties that brought about this decision.

    BBC: Middle East

  • Opposition parties said the review was an admission of failure by the Labour minister.

    BBC: Make education bosses more accountable, says minister

  • It follows that all incumbents of both parties in Congress may be disadvantaged in 2012 by a failure to agree on a budget.

    FORBES: GOP Voters Itching for Budget Fight

  • If certain derivative trades are as risky as those who seek more regulation suggest, and if a poor trade threatens one or both parties with penury, isn't the possibility of failure all the regulation that is needed?

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • It is not a peace that has been committed to by the belligerents, but rather a convenience that has probably been forced upon the parties and is probably doomed to -- if not failure -- at least a very rocky road, which means a lot of casualties on the part of the peacekeepers.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Ampal pointed to what it called the Egyptian energy firms' "longstanding failure to supply the gas quantities owed" under the deal between the parties.

    CNN: Egyptian companies abruptly halt gas exports to Israel

  • Additionally, injured parties are beginning to commence lawsuits against greenwashers when there is a failure of delivery.

    FORBES: "Greenwashing": Deceptive Business Claims of "Eco-Friendliness"

  • The company's failure could also have cast doubt on the financial positions of some of Bear Stearns' thousands of counter-parties.

    FORBES: Bottom? What Bottom?

  • The failure of the two broadcasting networks to insist on fulfilling their legal obligations to achieve a balance between the main parties makes the case for an independent electoral commission to oversee such matters.

    ECONOMIST: TV debates

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