Finally, after years of wondering whether Doc Brown was a physicist (time travel) or a neurologist (failed mind-reading device) or an astronomer (named his 1955 puppy Copernicus), we'd know the truth.
Adam Elman encouraged us to think big with ambitious targets that delivered real change - along with a "not afraid to fail" mind set.
Confiscated phones, of the fans who failed to mind, fans bent on shooting pictures, of the way Rickie swings.
The evidence that we have failed to mind this business adequately is overwhelming and incontrovertible, and all but common knowledge.
She talks about how it took more than basic sales skills to be successful, and tells how she dealt with fear, mastered a "never-fail mind-set" and learned to see things from her customers' perspectives.
Candidates will surely have in mind failed efforts to create free trade areas on the territory of the former Soviet Union.
His mind failed, and in 1832 he was removed from the council by the governor, Sir Richard Bourke.
The downfall of Toys R Us calls to mind failed chains, like KB Toys, which Bain took over in 2000.
It is of course unlikely that casual readers today will warm to the prospect of wading through arcane texts by failed revolutionaries, never mind the strange gleanings and extravagant speculations of a failed writer.
With the cautionary tale of Roosevelt's failed purge in mind, the White House may be able to develop a more organized and coherent blueprint than that of Roosevelt and his team, one that transfers the president's personal popularity to the party by building strength at the local level; developing a persuasive, enduring party message; and nurturing new political talent like Barack Obama himself.
