Following this strategy over the past ten years has been a total failure several times.

FORBES: Buy and Trade Beats Buy and Hold

Feeling like "a total failure, " Reese still wasn't ready to give up nursing her baby.

CNN: Desperate breast-feeding moms reveal secrets

Take American Apparel, which has done well in the U.S. but has been a total failure in China.

FORBES

And in France everyone considers it's been a total failure.

NPR: French President Chirac Won't Seek Re-Election

" McCain described the Annan plan as "a total failure.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Ulster Unionist Jo-Anne Dobson said the assessments had been "a total failure" and had caused "considerable stress and disruption for pupils", although this was something the department official denied.

BBC: Education Committee

Others have taken the lead in trying to revive peace talks in Darfur, stalled since the total failure of a conference in Libya in October 2007.

ECONOMIST: The crisis in Darfur

Last year, 940 schools, a sixth of the total, suffered failure rates of 80% or more.

ECONOMIST: A fillip for South Africa��s schools

Pfizer shares could rise 10% on a total success, Dr. Schoenebaum estimates, and fall 3% or 4% on a failure.

WSJ: For Alzheimer's, a Fork in the Road

In the case of the Splendor, the heat generated by the fire damaged two engine control switchboards directly above and melted electrical cabling, causing a total loss of electrical power on board and the failure of the forward engine room.

CNN: Spate of fires poses problems for cruise industry

Metal on metal hip resurfacing is considered to be a much better option because it has a lower failure rate and is more cost effective since it does not need to be repeated as often as a total hip replacement.

BBC: NHS arthritis treatment for young