Roosevelt and Hoover had night-and-day differences in personality and political skills, but both deserve failing grades in economics.

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In America, a congressional committee for computer security has given failing grades to many of the federal bodies it scrutinises.

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The Obama administration gave General Motors and Chrysler failing grades Monday for their turnaround efforts and promised a sweeping overhaul of the troubled companies.

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Through her guidance and determination, the school was able to raise its failing inner city grades nearly two levels in one year.

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Zatopkova put his ability to train and compete so ferociously down to his upbringing, taking up an apprenticeship at 14 after failing to make the academic grades to continue his studies.

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It set up a regimen of state reading and math tests for students in third through eighth grades, intended to identify failing schools.

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