First the conversation was about Islam, and the failures of many so-called Muslims.
The emphasis understandably shifted from inclusiveness to security and the failures of the immigration service.
We regularly attribute our own failures to circumstance and the failures of others to bad character.
Laura is right about the need for a sensible Palestinian partner, and the failures of Palestinian leadership have been legion.
Many suggest similarities between the Enron collapse and the failures of Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1990 and Barings in 1995.
Also, as Public Enemies concerns a murderer and the failures of the justice system, it might have sat uneasily immediately after the Lawrence documentary.
"Half a Life" reflects the glories and the failures of the era's political passions — the exalted but impersonal dream of revolution and the redemptive devotion to artistic creation.
This is an edited extract of Blood Year: Islamic State and the Failures of the War on Terror by David Kilcullen (Black Inc).
To be sure, the report is replete with warnings about regressive practices in some newborn democracies and the failures of others to deliver good governance or social progress.
Then, Hunt pointed out that poor access to GPs, and the failures of the 111 service, were putting an intolerable strain on A&E.
He spent two years investigating gangs who preyed on vulnerable girls, and the failures of state agencies to protect them and to prosecute the offenders.
