fails
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2. Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance.
According to him, the DNA conclusion fails to determine whether the skeletal remains date back to when the girls were reported to have died.
A driver who fails to finish a race, through mechanical problems, accident, or any other reason is said to have retired from the race and is "Not Classified" in the results.
A FDDI network contains two rings, one as a secondary backup in case the primary ring fails.
A change of possession can occur "on downs", if the offensive team fails to achieve a first down or a touchdown in a specified number of consecutive attempts, known as " downs " (four in American football; three in Canadian football).
Additionally, this hypothesis fails to explain the find of multiple examples of individuals with these same characteristics, indicating they were common to a large population, and not limited to one individual.