Ratings were weak and the three debates failed to galvanize viewers because television itself has changed.
The subtle, understated handling of the likeness, with its soft psychological probe, failed to galvanize most potential buyers more attracted to art with an instant punch.
Mr. Kan failed to galvanize Japan after the disaster in March or point a new direction for this seemingly rudderless nation.
Analysts say the protest movement failed to galvanize large sectors of society because, after the initial euphoria inspired by the Tunisian revolution, people were deterred by the chaos in Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain and by difficulties in Egypt.
Fernando Ferrer has failed to galvanize fellow Democrats behind his bid to unseat Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Nov. 8, and is trailing among liberals, blacks, women and most other demographic groups, according to the latest New York Times Poll.
A13 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 Bloomberg Widens Lead With Democrats, Poll Says Fernando Ferrer has failed to galvanize fellow Democrats behind his bid to unseat Mayor Bloomberg, the Republican incumbent, trailing even among liberals and blacks, according to the latest New York Times poll.
One day after beating the Tampa Bay Lightning in a game that had failed to galvanize the fans at sold-out O2 Arena, the Rangers came out attacking Sunday, often bringing the crowd of 17,085 to its feet.
Instead the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, or D.O.S., as the coalition was called, failed to galvanize itself into an effective force for change, giving many voters the impression that valuable time had been squandered.
Government regulators had done nothing to stop it, and environmental groups had failed to galvanize public opinion against it.
The president, more interested in policy than the politics of governance, failed to galvanize grass root support for his signature piece of legislation.
