Java's critics point out that this has all been tried before - and has failed.

Three critics of popular music failed to provide me with satisfactory antecedents.

What these critics often fail to acknowledge is the difference between baseball and the Olympics.

But critics said General Kiley had been told about the problems and failed to act.

Some argued that critics failed to understand the artists' central message about tolerance, freedom of thought, and diversity.

At the same time, though, the hotel says that its critics may be failing to consider the broader impact of its success.

You made one acknowledgment that most critics of cap proposals fail to make.

But critics - and there are many - say his vaunted abilities failed him at a crucial moment.

The critics fail to understand how German companies are governed, he says.