Perhaps the aim is to fail nobly, as he did in the ring, in order to attract a charitable donation himself.
Despite her 28 points, Taurasi's aim had begun to fail.
It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low.
Mr. Powell's line is that while "success is not assured" for existing measures that aim to end "too big to fail," we should merely study additional steps (such as size caps; see Pages 12-13 of his speech).
Be willing to fail but aim for revolutionary success.
We want to reverse this dangerous trend with bipartisan action aimed at ending "too big to fail" in a practical, responsible fashion.
He warned of a "shift towards conservatism, away from risk-taking" and urged broadcasters to give creatives more freedom and said TV commissioners had to be "willing to take risks, experiment, be prepared to fail by aiming higher rather than playing it safe … We need to surprise, break boundaries, and take viewers to new places.
The challenge is, can we create an environment where executives are emboldened and empowered to support our mission; to have an environment with leadership that is willing to take risks, experiment, be prepared to fail by aiming higher rather than playing it safe?
CHEMDEX -- Perhaps the highest-profile marketplace to fail, Chemdex, which was aimed at the life sciences market, was among the first to go public.
Recovery mechanisms such as sodium-potassium pumps that aim to restore homeostasis fail, leading to osmolar shifts of fluid, swelling of the neuron, and ultimately a measurable depression in cortical activity that spreads in the order of millimeters per minute.
