31.   His failure could well mean punishing U.S. air strikes on Baghdad, and retaliation by the Iraqi military.

32.   In Asian countries where failure means loss of face it made such a solution doubly desirable, he said.

33.   It would be much like Formula One auto racing, where drivers are judged on their results in each race and failure to compete means zero points.

34.   Their failure could mean new war in Croatia, and Bosnia.

35.   But new laws providing the authorities greater powers to take corrective action in order to avoid bank failures meant that distressed banks would be declared insolvent by regulators.

36.   Failure to testify means the opposition wins the case by default.