Should he fail to reject weak candidates, he will have only himself to blame.
Not only did he fail to carry his weight, he was a constant and serious drain on the Army's efficiency.
Republican voters perceive Mitt Romney as lacking authenticity, and should he fail to win the nomination, that will be the primary reason.
There are suggestions his Bielefeld team-mates will rally round should he fail.
Should he fail to pass muster on Wednesday, uncapped New South Wales batsman Usman Khawaja will be in line for a dramatic Test bow.
Some of our other bloggers say not only did he fail to fulfill his duties as mayor, but he also failed to set a standard for young African-American men.
Why did he fail to even promote legislation that would have provided an answer for those that want to come here legally and for those that are here illegally today?
But if he fails the test the comparison implies, he will not only fail to be Reagan, he will fail to be the candidate he might have been in his own right.
Mr. Doukas, in Athens, is now working on a more foolproof form of motivation: Should he fail to reach his daily goal of 10, 000 steps, the software will automatically notify his real-world mother.
He admits that not only did he fail to take the recommended treatment (Lariam) opting for drugs which were less effective, but he failed to continue taking the tablets on his return to Britain.
About Jimmy Carter, the late great Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Robert Bartley observed about the micro-managing president that he knew he would fail the minute he heard Carter was overseeing use of the White House tennis court.
Mr Smith had been concerned he would fail his medical test because of his back injury, but said "everything's healed quite perfectly".
Although the prime minister clearly intends to sell a deal that keeps Britain inside the EU there are fears that he will fail.
Still, while Lin is one of the NBA's most marketable players, he could fail to live up to all the hype his 2011-12 season generated.
Judge Howard Riddle denied Assange's first request for bail at a hearing on December 7 on the grounds that there was a risk he would fail to surrender.
"You could argue that one of the reasons that Mr Shinawatra has decided that it might be right to to sell is that it might be at some point he may fail our fit and proper persons test, " added Scudamore.
Now Schilling is being sued with the charge that he knew that Kingdoms would fail and he was purposefully asking for more money which he knew could never turn the game or company around.
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Should he try and fail to win the board's attention, he sells and moves on, analysts figure.
The late, great Robert Bartley once said about Jimmy Carter that he knew his administration was doomed to fail when he was alerted to an anecdote about his leadership style.
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He said he thought Fannie Mae would never fail, but he denied that he told the client that there was an implicit guaranty that the government would pay the dividend on the preferred stock if Fannie couldn't pay it.
That poses a dilemma for Mr Geithner: he will not let the giants fail, yet he is determined to avoid nationalising them. (Indeed, the plan was apparently rushed out, perhaps before it was ready, in part to put such talk to rest.) He envisages a new round of capital injections, with the government taking preferred shares convertible into the common variety, as needed, to bolster banks' cushions against losses.
Or maybe he set out on a chore that was doomed to fail because he could find no error in the facts as stated in my piece?
He perfected his technique and, after a while, he knew he could not fail.
And fail he will, at least in their minds, and probably, yours.
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He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.
Although, the star of the Irish version of "Dragon's Den" has been open about his past membership of Fianna Fail he has tried to play it down during this campaign, emphasising his independent position.
Off the field, there is really no need for him to be missed as, in his new backroom role, he can hardly fail to be a massive presence and personality for new coach Simmons to tap into while Saints spend the season squatting at Widnes before moving into a brand new home in 2012.
He insisted that British Energy, the languishing nuclear operator, should be allowed to fail, although he lost that particular battle.
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He was responding to questions from Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, who said he felt it was "inappropriate" for the taoiseach to make direct appeals to a grieving husband.
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