That these plans invariably fail has never shaken the confidence of their proponents.

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While the site's ultimate goal is to illustrate the delicate process of opening our gadgets while leaving them unharmed, the good folks at iFixit never fail to entertain us in the process, with two dozen high-res photos of the Nexus 7's innards littering the 21-step repair guide.

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And of course there are the guys who run that five person company from the top of a strip mall and yet never fail to give me advice on how I can run my business better.

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While he rarely dazzles, his power of intellect, mastery of his briefs and willingness to listen never fail to impress.

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That would breach one of the few intact rules of global finance, that banks never let foreign subsidiaries fail.

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Offa has always had the power to impose fines on universities that fail to boost numbers of students from poorer backgrounds, but has never used it in its history.

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Far too many people fail to save and then find themselves downsized at the height of their earning capacity, never to recover.

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