Their last gathering, five years ago, was an acknowledged failure.
With some courage he has tacitly acknowledged failure, and now seeks a political settlement.
BASKETBALL gave Rick Pitino the new wrinkles that go with the first acknowledged failure in his career.
It acknowledged failure, though it dodged accountability for that failure by the standard device of assuming personal responsibility.
Although Bush acknowledged failure or disappointment on several fronts in Iraq, he pointed no fingers directly at al-Maliki.
Randall argues that "a refusal to acknowledge failure cannot be either honourably or – more important – constructively maintained.
This had been her idea, and her expression is one of ideal, acknowledged failure: mouth pursed, eyes beseeching, a blush setting in.
Further, he added, executives were reluctant to acknowledge failure -- a badge of honor in Silicon Valley -- and did not learn from their mistakes.
Mr. Hollande, who has argued for measures to promote economic growth as unemployment rises, acknowledged failure, telling reporters earlier this week, "There is no point sticking to objectives if they are not going to be achieved".
For one thing, it is a lot less taboo to acknowledge failure in Silicon Valley than in Hollywood, for example, where if a new album or a blockbuster movie goes belly up, it could spell disaster for one's career.
