Brown dwarfs are what we could call failed stars, as they never manage to initiate nuclear reactions in their centres," Mr Gagne said.
No one should forget that Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in 1942 because they were what would now be called "failed asylum-seekers".
I remember being sort of annoyed when one of my best friends (one of the ones whom I had called) failed to "like" my engagement photo on Instagram.
Astronomers stumbled upon the strange world two years ago while using the Pan-STARRS 1 survey telescope to look for brown dwarfs, often called "failed stars".
Should Noor, as he asked to be called, fail to cooperate, a 14-year sentence will be imposed.
The large number of unsettled trades, which are called fails, stemmed from a shortage of the actively traded 2-year, 5-year and 10-year Treasury notes.
Troublesome includes invasive, capricious and demanding plants, and it ends with a coda -- the kind most gardening books need -- called "Failing the Test".
If calling fails, try clapping your hands to get your dogs attention.
A more recent success for the company is a site called Fail Blog, which chronicles disastrous mishaps and general stupidity in photos and video.
This seems to be the same as what engineers used to call "fail-safe", but perhaps the marketing department no longer approves of the word "fail" getting anywhere near a reactor.
