And, in its failure, it is inflicting greater damage on an already weak economy.
In its failure, it seems to me that a pretty strong signal was sent that you can't do this in the absence of law".
It lies in its failure to assimilate into its business culture both Arab-Israelis and ultra-orthodox Jews, who will together be about one-third of the population by 2025.
While the Sri Lankan government's own report from its Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission, published last December, includes important findings on reconciliation, and represents a potentially useful opportunity to begin a national dialogue on the conflict, it is disappointing in its failure to address seriously accountability issues.
However, the mountaineering body's chief officer, David Gibson, accused it of inaction and said it "simply appears weak in its failure to care for the Scottish countryside".
It was not alone in its failure.
It is also disappointing in its failure to allow viewers to understand them from inside.
If they can test the gamma camera, "it will be a success in its failure, in that we'll know where the painting is," he said.
The United States also stands separate in its failure to adopt the metric system.
Its weakness lies in its failure to explain why, at critical junctures, we disown that knowledge.
The crowd grunted, seeing that classic swing, so long and smooth and quick, exposed, naked in its failure.
