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"We had put months of effort into public and private meetings and we were not able to secure the support of Mayor Miller," said Mr. Heppe.

United Nations nuclear inspectors and the American envoy to the six-party talks, Christopher R. Hill, visited Pyongyang, the capital, last month, but they were not able to secure meetings with Mr. Kim.

In the 1980s, she successfully financed her own special at a time when women were not able to secure comedy specials on cable television, blowing the doors open for female comedians on cable TV.

In and of themselves, social investment ideas were not able to secure inclusive liberal reforms.

Individuals in the program group who were not able to secure full-time employment within the twelve months following random assignment were not eligible to receive the supplement.

vHouseholds which were not able to secure claim to a private plot have been excluded not only from the possibility of such wildlife income, but also from the landscape as a whole (Galaty 1999).

Tristan and Pancho Villa's Army weren't able to secure tickets to the match in Columbus, Ohio, where U.S. Soccer has scheduled its qualifying matches with Mexico since 2001 ― a move some have speculated was meant to limit the presence of the Mexican fans who so often take over venues in cities with larger Latino populations.

Though Furlong soon caught him in Los Angeles, the Mexican government was not able to secure his extradition.

Despite strong reviews and significant buzz, the production was not able to secure a commercial transfer to Broadway in time to be eligible for the Tony Awards that spring.

The Irish government, he added, should explain "why it was not able to secure these kinds of terms when the Spanish government could".

Chambers was not able to secure his place in London automatically as, despite winning the trials in Birmingham, he failed to run the 'A' qualifying standard of 10.18sec.