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A new biography portrays Adolf Hitler as a clownish, deceitful narcissist who took control of a powerful nation thanks to slick propaganda and a dysfunctional elite that failed to block his rise.

He earned the right to coach the Eastern Conference All-Star team next week in Oakland, Calif., where you can already picture Vince Carter in the doghouse because he failed to block out his man at the end of a 145-120 East victory.

Parrish scored his second after Karl Monroe had failed to block Marcus Ebdon's cross, striking sweetly past Bullock from eight yards.

The rebellion by the 91 Tory MPs failed to block the second reading of the bill which was passed after Ed Miliband instructed his MPs to give their backing.

This time also two defenders - Andrew Henderson and Scott Murray - failed to block him as he squeezed between them.

Congressional Republicans have failed to block the deal from going forward.

He failed to block the Democrats from taking both houses of Congress in 2006.

Last year, despite repeated protests, it failed to block the legalisation of gay marriage.

In 2013 he failed to block easyJet's £8bn order of new aircraft, which he attacked as a vanity exercise.

Mr Stepashin's limited authority was humiliatingly exposed when he failed to block Mr Aksyonenko's appointment.

The only legislation the NRA has failed to block was the ban on automatic weapons in 1994, but the Bush administration allowed that to lapse in 2004.