In an effort to convey some kind of leadership they agreed to increase the long-term reduction target in 2050 – my, how brave – but failed to make any new offer in relation to the more important 2020 target.
This box set approach was brave, but failed to take off elsewhere, perhaps in part due to the game's crippling technical issues.
Three innings before, we had seen a brave effort fail.
In short, de Soto, despite some brave generalizations, has failed to throw much light on the riddle of why some countries grow rich while others remain poor.
The opening weekend of Europe's premier club competition could not have been worse for Ireland with Munster's brave but ultimately failed fightback coming 24 hours after holders Leinster were stunned 15-9 by London Irish in Dublin.Lob into the mix Treviso's shock 9-8 victoverover Perpignan of France and it's clear we are in for another treat of a tournament.
Sadly, despite the scary trellis of problems America faces, the unorthodox, brave and cheeky McCain failed to show up.
But in the end Mayer felt overwhelmed by it all and declared the ceremony a brave effort that just failed to make it.
In fairness, the Uruguayans had tried to negotiate, but failed; their brave French commander was slashed across the chest with a machete.Carla del Ponte, the UN's war-crimes prosecutor, says that the killing in Ituri "could be genocide".
Dan Norman Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Aug. 31, 2010 To the Editor: Re "We Owe the Troops an Exit" (column, Aug. 31): Bob Herbert is right in his assertion that we have failed our brave soldiers miserably in Afghanistan.
Beyond its impact on the Middle East, Sarkozy's failed but brave attempt to act as a go-between constitutes an interesting window into the foreign-policy methods and ambitions of today's France.
