1.   As far as Maxym is concerned, parents and schools alike get failing grades in this last arena.

2.   On the stump, Gramm frequently boasts about failing three grades, as evidence of the hard work it took for him to earn a doctorate in economics.

3.   Before this year, Nick had failing grades and was always in trouble.

4.   A nationwide pro-choice group has given Georgia and South Carolina failing grades when it comes to providing women access to abortion and reproductive services.

5.   A prolonged federal investigation of corruption at City Hall has made ethics a centerpiece of the race, with all three leading candidates giving Campbell failing grades.

6.   After complaining to GNC management in Pittsburgh, he said, he began to receive failing grades from company inspection teams.

7.   AHA officials said its efforts to evict eight Perry Homes residents for repeatedly getting failing housekeeping grades should reach the court system next week.

8.   But if Beijing has scored fairly high marks across the political spectrum for leaving Hong Kong alone, the local government has been given failing grades.

9.   The next year, she failed ninth grade and had to repeat it.

10.   Then he and his entourage will fly to Columbus, Ga., and deliver a similar address in front of the elementary school where he failed the third grade.