But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

There was a failed attempt to bomb a plane on its way to Detroit,Michigan,on Christmas Day.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

In a shocking result, world record holder Elena Isinbaeva of Russia failed to medal in the pole vault.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

"So,when an event like this occurs, it is incumbent upon a Democrat to react quickly and decisively, and Obama failed to do it."

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

repeat that. Mexico is in no danger of becoming a failed state.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"Mexico is in no danger of becoming a failed state.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"There are several problems with this notion of a failed state," "One of them is that somehow in Mexico,all of a sudden, the government has become heavily corrupted by cartels as if there wasn't corruption in the past.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Stratfor was one of several organizations earlier this year warning that Mexico could become a failed state if it does not win the war against the criminal elements that hold sway over some areas of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Brown said even if the rebellion failed, it would probably lead to a civil war between North and South.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

A court dismissed the case. It said the government failed to prove that the trust had interfered with interstate commerce.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

For example,a two thousand four study showed that the number of school nurses nationally failed to meet federal guidelines.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Pilot Chesley Sullenberger safely landed a US Airways passenger plane on New York's Hudson River after both its engines failed.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

He says the class action failed because it did not target a single action or policy by Wal-Mart.

VOA: special.2011.06.24

As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a bill to make Kansas a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.28