61.   A failure would be an economic and political disaster.

62.   A few failures are to be expected in this business.

63.   A fourth is our failure to capture the anthrax killer, suggesting to Iraq and other potential perpetrators that they might get away with an attack.

64.   A son, Peter H. Aaron, said that his father had been suffering from spinal cancer but that respiratory failure was the cause of death.

65.   A When well over half the class fails a program, it can be argued that the real failure is the program itself.

66.   According to Costello of Peat Marwick, the Confederation Life failure is the largest ever for any insurance company in North America.

67.   Acknowledging that some failures are inevitable, the group spent much of the day discussing how nations can develop contingency plans.

68.   Aichi already assumed the debt of its affiliates, so its failure is unlikely to trigger related bankruptcies anytime soon, according to Teikoku Data.

69.   But according to people close to the case, the failure was unusual in its simplicity.

70.   But battery failure is, for better or worse, no longer an excuse.