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

So far those efforts have failed for a variety of reasons.

截止目前,这些尝试,由于各种原因均失败了

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The ones that are beautiful for framing are the ones that failed, so you can see all the coupons.

那些用来陈列的债券,其实都是违约的,因此你们才能看到息票

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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

The majority of Englishmen were calling for the return of their nation's rightful monarch. It wasn't long before the revolution failed and the Stuart monarchy was restored.

大部分英国人都在呼吁国家的,合法君主归位，不久,革命失败了，斯图亚特王朝复辟。

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

VOA: special.2009.06.25

We did not get good political support for that, and we failed with that plan.

这一点我们没有获得很多政治支持，我们的计划没有成功。

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

VOA: special.2009.10.25

Dialysis is done millions of times per day in this country and around the world, and keeps people alive when their kidneys have failed and they wouldn't survive for even a week without dialysis.

在美国乃至全世界,每天进行着上百万次的透析,肾脏丧失功能的病人靠透析得以存活,如果没有透析他们活不过一个星期

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Doctor Lind thought the sailors were getting sick because they failed to eat some kinds of foods when they were at sea for many months.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

For example Bear Stearns which is a broker-dealer failed recently.

例如贝尔斯登,那个最近倒闭的经纪自营商。

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Farms in many areas failed because little or no rain fell for several years.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

At first the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the failed bombing.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

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

VOA: special.2010.02.11

She had failed to pay unemployment taxes for an employee.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

for American agriculture. Many crops failed.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

The result ended a medal drought for Morrison, who had failed to medal in his previous events at these Olympics.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

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

Sally was beaten and raped as a 10-year-old bride, but her December 2009 petition for divorce had failed.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

The president said the system "failed and failed badly." and everyone involved bears the responsibility for fixing it.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

After the failed bombing, President Obama visited police in New York and congratulated them for catching Shahzad.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

Two previous military offensives in Swat failed largely because civilian casualties eroded local support for military intervention.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

He says America's land-for-peace formula has failed and it is time for a new approach.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

He also asserted the United States and other nations have tried to isolate Iran for the last 30 years, but have failed and will continue to fail.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

"This is about every family, every business and every taxpayer who continues to shoulder the burden of a problem that Washington has failed to solve for decades.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Another sticking point is pressure by the EU for Turkey to open its ports and airports to Greek Cypriot traffic, which it has so far failed to do.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Jean Mamboundou says opposition parties have failed to heed civil society's call for a single candidate because many believe they can win the election outright on their own.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Repeated attempts to allow the species to recover have failed under the pressure to supply a market willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a single fish.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Abdel Koudousse Ould Abdeidna, leader of the National Front for Democracy Defense, said mediation had failed, and accused Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gadhafi of favoring coup leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

But the council reserved its harshest criticism for Israeli actions, saying Israel used disproportionate force and failed to take adequate measures to protect civilians during its campaign to silence Hamas rocket attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04