They have failed to be culturally aware.
But the subtext is: "You have failed to be what I wanted you to be".
Well done imaginary newspaper, you have failed to be more imaginative than an actual newspaper.
Thus far, millions of opeds have failed to be produced in response.
Those who "understood" cannot have failed to be influenced by it - in many different walks of life.
John Paul II could hardly have failed to be anything other than a resounding success in Catholic Ireland.
It isn't just the recent pro game where high-drafted running backs have failed to be major impact players.
No Briton in hot pursuit of Gallic licentiousness can have failed to be amused by the latest revelations in l'affaire Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Mr. Clinton has been especially frustrated that many of his nominees for judgeships, ambassadorships and other posts have failed to be confirmed by the Senate.
When Mr Coleman asked how he could have failed to be aware of Mr Zureikat's oil deals, Mr Galloway turned the attention to Mr Coleman's campaign fundraising.
Who could have failed to be rendered indignant by the diktat ordering British bar-maids' cleavages to be covered, or Brussels' insistence that British trawler crews wear hairnets?
