Yet in later years he developed the failed romance into an interesting situation for "Peanuts."

VOA: special.2009.10.25

Yet critics say he failed to do his part to prevent the crisis.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

In fact, he failed to recognize Planet X in a few photographs.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Once Santa Ana returned, he failed to honor his promises to Polk.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

He failed at each one. He tried farming,for example, and failed.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But he failed.Nothing was left.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

But he failed to achieve Croatian membership in the European Union, partly because of a border dispute with neighboring Slovenia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

While praising the president's eloquence, Republicans asserted that he failed to deliver specifics, and re-stated criticisms that Democratic proposals would impose new tax burdens on Americans and small businesses and add to deficit spending.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

He worried about his motorcycle. If the engine failed, he could die of lack of water before anyone could find him.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

If his plan failed, he could offer them in exchange for his own freedom and that of his men.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

And even if the rebellion failed, he predicted that it would lead to a civil war between the North and the South.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

If Yancey failed to get the statement he wanted, he would take Southern Democrats out of the convention.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

In trying to improve his lovely wife, he had failed to realize she had been perfect all along.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

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

VOA: special.2011.06.24

Tom Daschle made the decision after it became widely reported that he had failed to pay over one hundred forty thousand dollars in taxes.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

His boat crossed the Antarctic Circle in three places, but he still failed to sight land.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

He said he would not use military force until every other way had failed.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

He vetoed a bill giving aid to farmers whose crops had failed.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

He tried but failed to speak the dead woman's name.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

He also recognizes that he has failed as a father.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

But he never failed to write his newspaper column.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

If this failed, he planned to escape to Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

He tried selling land, and failed at that,too.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

He began drinking alcohol. His business soon failed.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

He tried to pick one up,but failed.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

But he added that U.S.policies to force change on the island, including an economic embargo, have failed to bring about democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

Mr.Mugabe has complained that Mr.Tsvangirai has failed to persuade western governments to lift the sanctions which he blames for Zimbabwe's economic problems.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12