His attempts to carry out badly needed economic and social reforms met with little success, and the new constitution promulgated in February 1977 failed to quell chronic political instability.

It is said that upon hearing of the death of his friend, the French singer Édith Piaf the same day, he choked so badly that his heart failed.

However, the film failed badly at the box office.

An additional drop on the night of September 14 – 15 of the 2nd Battalion 509th PIR to destroy a key bridge at Avellino, to disrupt German motorized movements, was badly dispersed and failed to destroy the bridge before the Germans withdrew to the north.

Suffering from a stomach ulcer and bleeding badly, he left a safe hiding place for Paris in order to undergo emergency surgery, which failed to save his life.

Nevertheless, their effort failed badly against the Republican ticket of McKinley and Roosevelt.

The assassination attempt failed, however, and Scott was scurried out of town, badly wounded, under protection of a Federal militia, and he never returned to Grimes County.

Despite Ryti and his fellow convicts not being treated particularly badly in prison, Ryti's health failed during his sentence.

In the past, when such gentle measures failed or a priest was not available, victims of kitsunetsuki were beaten or badly burned in hopes of forcing the fox to leave.

Hereford was killed on the bridge, his companion Roger de Clifford, 2nd Baron de Clifford was badly wounded, and this advance failed.

Still suffering the consequences of the dehydration he had suffered during the previous Time Trial, Armstrong fell back badly at the beginning of the last climb, the Plateau de Bonascre, but Ullrich failed to capitalise on Armstrong's weakness and he didn't attack, winning only seven seconds ( plus the time bonus ) over the Texan rider.

It ensured that they had further exposure in television and gained attention from Jane Root, controller of BBC Two, who took a risk and signed them up after their book venture and their internet business had failed badly.

Brown failed to win possession of the island, and his flagship, Hercules, was badly battered and ran aground.

Immediately afterwards, Wessel and Heinemann turned the " Notgemeinschaft " into a political party, the " Gesamtdeutsche Volkspartei " (" Whole-German People's Party " aka GVP ), that failed badly in the elections of 1953.

Nicias's ploy had failed badly.

The stars of movies that fail badly at the box office are often considered part of the reason they failed, and they may have trouble finding work later.

" While stating that Chaudhry's resignation was a positive development, Qarase was sharply critical of Chaudhry's performance as Finance Minister, saying that he " failed badly as Finance Minister and the economy has shown very little sign of progress.

But, Khan's presidency failed to arrest the control of currency and a new currency crises hampered the Pakistan economy badly.

However, the Spanish captain insisted that Muir was among the dead and in the event he was so badly disfigured that his would-be captors failed to identify him, and he was sent ashore with the wounded.

In 1907, Chigorin failed badly in a chess tournament.

Most of these failed Evas ' organic structures have rotted away, leaving little more than an armored head connected to a spine, often with an incomplete number of limbs and many of the skeletons are badly warped.

Even if Hitler were to launch an invasion of France that signally failed, most people would still support Hitler, just as the failure of the Kaiserschlacht had failed to hurt Ludendorff's reputation as it should have, so the Army could do nothing to overthrow Hitler until the unlikely event that his prestige was badly damaged.

In Tests, it was a different story ; according to Wisden, he failed badly.

It was spoiled now for seed, and it would sour and mold in three days if they failed to find a place and fuel to dry it.

Years were to pass before these plans came off the paper, and Wright was justified in thinking, as the projects failed, that much of what he had to show his country and the world would never be seen except by visitors to Taliesin.

One cause of Schopenhauer's pessimism was the fact that he failed to learn the guitar.

`` This whole Washington venture was my last gesture, and it has failed.

Petitioner was not entitled to have the hearing officer's notes and report, especially since he failed to show any particular need for them and he did have a copy of the Department of Justice's recommendation to the appeal board.

Upon administrative approval of the reclassification, he was ordered to report for induction on June 11, 1956, but failed to do so.

Even when the intensity of the shocks was increased gradually, it failed to evoke any signs of pain.

If it failed on occasion to elect its candidates for general state offices by majorities, the failure was due to a lingering remnant of the Know-Nothing party, which called itself the American Republican party.

Finally, if the mission of the Trial was to convict anti-Semitism, how could it have failed to post before the world the contrasting fates of the countries in which the Final Solution was aided by native Jew-haters -- i.e., Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia -- and those in which it met the obstacle of human solidarity -- Denmark, Holland, Italy, Bulgaria, France??

He sucked in his breath and kept quiet while Killpath laid down the sheet again, wound the gold-wire stems of his glasses around his ears and then, eying the report as it lay before him on the desk, intoned, `` Acting Lieutenant Gunnar Matson one failed to see that the station keeper was properly relieved two absented himself throughout the entire watch without checking on the station's activities or the whereabouts of his section sergeants three permitted members of the Homicide Detail of the Inspector's Bureau to arrogate for their own convenience a patrolman who was thereby prevented from carrying on his proper assignment four failed to notify the station commander Acting Captain O. T. Killpath of a homicide occurring in the district five frequented extralegal establishments known as after-hours spots for purposes of an unofficial and purportedly social nature and six '' -- he leaned back and peeled off his glasses `` -- failed to co-operate with the Acting Captain by returning promptly when so ordered.

The verdict brought vindication to the dead woman's stepson, Vincent Hengesbach, 54, who was tried for the same crime in December, 1958, and released when the jury failed to reach a verdict.

The shortage was discovered after Huff failed to report for work on Sept. 18.

Benita Valente was delightful as the young wife and John Parella was amusing as the tutor who failed to do all his tutoring.

His luck had failed him, and it was easier to crawl off into bed than to get out and fight the world.

When the Confederate attempt to defend Petersburg failed, the Confederate army retreated but was pursued and defeated, which resulted in Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

The project was short-lived and failed after seven months.

Several attempts to find a new home failed ; one such stop was on Sicily where in Drepanum, on the island's western coast, his father, Anchises, died peacefully.

Pausanias, the second king of Sparta ( see Spartan Constitution for more information on Sparta's dual monarchy ), was supposed to provide Lysander with reinforcements as they marched into Boeotia, yet failed to arrive in time to assist Lysander, likely because Pausanias disliked him for his brash and arrogant attitude towards the Spartan royalty and government.