11.   Graf had two chances to tie the match and send it into a tiebreak, but failed each time.

12.   In the games against Italy and Paraguay, France created plenty of opportunities but failed each time on the last touch.

13.   The area bid twice for the Winter Olympics, but failed both times.

14.   The Amir brothers tried to get close enough to Rabin to kill him on five separate occasions, but failed each time, the TV report said.

15.   The cause of the crash has not been determined, but witnesses said the pilot tried to start the engines and failed five times before succeeding.

16.   The Mossad was blamed for his death and Israeli journalist Eitan Haber wrote that Israel had tried and failed five times to kill him before succeeding in Beirut.

17.   A small group of plainclothes policemen tried but failed three times to serve the warrants on seven unionists, who took refugge on the Myungdong Roman Catholic Cathedral premises.

18.   A small group of plainclothes policemen tried but failed three times to serve the warrants on seven unionists, who took refuge at the Myungdong Roman Catholic Cathedral.

19.   But the Labor leader has failed four times to bring his party to power at the ballot boxes and appears to be taking no chances.

20.   Peres, a leading figure in Israeli politics and diplomacy for half a century, has sought and failed four times to lead the Labor Party to election victory.