1.   A blast bomb was thrown but the device failed to explode.

2.   Another issue is that since the music is limited to a single player, if that device fails an entire music collection can be destroyed.

3.   A data recorder is broken, navigation devices are failing and the project is virtually down to its last dollar.

4.   But the device failed to recognize ordinary handwriting, leading to widespread ridicule, even in the comic-strip Doonesbury.

5.   Certain recurring tics rescued Taylor, in particular a hyperenergetic downward swoop that the pianist so often seems to fall back on when other devices fail.

6.   His fear is that automakers will be held liable if the devices fail.

7.   However, the device failed to explode.

8.   In addition, litigants argue that filtering devices often fail to work properly, giving parents a false sense of security about their children.

9.   In recent days, two bombs have exploded in the Jerusalem area, killing none, perhaps only because the explosive devices failed to detonate with full force.

10.   Lawyers for the car owners who sued Ford said an engineer had warned the company that high temperatures would cause the device to fail and stall the engine.