In nineteen sixty-four Abe Pollin bought a failing basketball team from Baltimore,Maryland and brought it to his hometown.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

India's soldiers withdrew in humiliation three years later after failing to neutralize the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The offensive came after the United States and other western allies criticized the Pakistani military for failing to rein in the extremists.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Both companies have declared bankruptcy after failing to recover from a drastic drop in auto sales.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

In one year,that number would double. The auto industry was failing, banks had become reluctant to lend and Americans were losing their homes in record numbers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Malik also defended the efforts of Lahore's police, who recently came under fierce criticism after failing to kill or capture any of the attackers involved in the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

A believer in independence from the rest of Cyprus, Eroglu has staked his claim to the presidency by accusing the incumbent, Mr.Talat of failing in talks with Greek Cypriots aimed at resolving their territorial dispute.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

HIV activists have praised Mr.Zuma for breaking publicly in his first year of office with the policies of his predecessor, former President Thabo Mbeki who was accused of failing to respond adequately to the HIV pandemic.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

"In some of the governorates, have not a single member working, without any source of income, which is in turn having a huge impact on their ability to afford rented accommodation and their ability to buy food in a country where the public distribution system is failing quite badly,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.20