Perhaps this comes down to yet another failure of imagination by the British public, who doltishly assume that this is a garment which they would be obliged to knot round their necks, in the manner of BA cabin crew.
Another failure of will by the government could prove to be catastrophic.
"With just 114,000 jobs added, it's yet another failure of policies supported by Obama and Kathy Hochul.
Disney was at one point reported to be threatening to shelve the entire movie over spiralling costs, partly spooked by the failure of another western, Cowboys and Aliens.
Cheshire Constabulary found that 40% of calls on police time were caused by the failure of another agency to act.
"A Logo for America" has returned during a summer marred by the failure of yet another immigration-reform push.
Nor is the ending normative in terms of romantic comedy: the lovers, Troilus and Cressida, are separated from one another and embittered by the failure of their relationship.
It sits in his inner sanctum, where he likes to compose, undisturbed; or, rather, where he would compose, were it not for a nasty case of writer's block, compounded by failure of another kind, the poor lunk.
Ultimately, the duel was sustained not by a failure of communication but by a failure of imagination.
They were hindered, too, by the failure of an I.S.O.
