The AU, which has approached its duties in Sudan with uncharacteristic seriousness, concedes failure.
What, the director asks, will the public think when they see the great artist conceding failure?
He knows what he wants and how he wants it, said Moats, who could not recall Pollard conceding failure, not once, not at anything.
The Dalai Lama has said in recent weeks that he is ready to concede failure to win true autonomy for his people and that he now wants other Tibetans to advise on a path forward.
A year younger to the day, Henman is less prepared to accept age is catching up but does concede failure to go beyond the fourth round at any major championships outside Wimbledon is a woeful return for a player of his talents.
The diplomats keep negotiating through the night, the morning, the next day, the next night, the next morning until they finish or concede failure".
Lancaster conceded the failure to win any of the three Tests would be a significant source of regret.
As Gary Jenkins of Evolution Securities put it: "They wouldn't dare, would they?" Even Bernanke has conceded that failure to lift the US debt ceiling would throw the financial system into tremendous disarray.
Under questioning at a breakfast with reporters, hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Needham, a product of the Stanford Business School, conceded that failure to raise the debt ceiling would indeed disrupt the global economy.
While the government has repeatedly promoted its "complete success" in the campaign, it has also obliquely conceded its failures.
