1.   Too many initiative leaders fail to recognize and respect that challenge.

2.   Usually when a leader fails, subordinates can take up the reins.

3.   As the meeting began in this humid, oceanside capital, however, Buddhist leaders simply failed to show up and offered no public explanation for their absence.

4.   At the same time, republicans complain British leaders have failed to deliver on promises to de-militarize the province and reform its special police.

5.   -- Why the worldwide leader in sports failed to accommodate the simple needs of a Keith Olbermann.

6.   But government economists have warned that the country may face a serious slowdown if leaders fail to take action on such barriers as labor costs and import tariffs.

7.   But military leaders have repeatedly failed to deliver promised transitions to civilian rule.

8.   But the Afghan leader failed in his hope to convince Bush that the U.S. military should be part of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

9.   But opposition leaders failed to show leadership, analysts say.

10.   But the Syrian leader failed to make that point clear when the two leaders held their news conference.