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

The embroidery and decoration, all that now seems inauthentic, something that, in fact Yeats's audience had failed to value properly he's complaining here in this poem.

那些刺绣和装饰，所有那些看起来不真实的，所有他的读者未能正确欣赏的,他在这首诗里都有抱怨。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

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 says before the rains failed more than two years ago, he had 400 goats and 20 camels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06