He said it would take longer to convince Afghans that the insurgency is going to fail, because they have been disappointed by the international military effort so far and because many view their government as inconsequential or corrupt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Banks are in trouble and as you know - they're starting to fail because they the value of their assets in the market is falling rapidly.

银行陷入危机，并且你知道,他们开始破产因为他们,市场中资产的价值,在迅速的降低。

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