The drama of Mr. Dunne's relationship to the music and the musicians — he turned to them periodically — kept failing to advance beyond intriguing to engrossing.
Patrick periodically criticizes his disciples, including Martha, for failing to be open enough with him, and that is also a shortcoming of "Martha Marcy May Marlene," which is a bit too coy, too clever and too diffident to believe in.
Interestingly, RBCs must pass periodically a deformability test by being forced to squeeze through narrow passages (sinuses) in the spleen; upon failing this mechanical assessment, the cell is destroyed and removed from circulation by macrophages (a type of white cell) [ 2].
Both sides will periodically bring up verbiage about "fighting the last war," being stuck in old-fashioned ways of thinking, or failing to appreciate technology or youth or modernity or whatever.
After winning the Italian Grand Prix only once in the last six years, and failing to claim the drivers' championship since 2007, the Maranello team has fallen into one of the slumps that have periodically punctuated its successes.
Public services are failing.
The government is failing.
The schools were failing.
