But the column failed to note another, more positive and heartening development.

During the quake, the columns failed to damp the lateral motion of the building, and the top-heavy houses swayed and collapsed.

The intermediate-length column will fail by a combination of direct compressive stress and bending.

If these connections were to fail, the effect would be that an entire row or column of pixels would fail to activate.

There's no doubt the steering column failed and the big question was whether it failed in the accident or did it cause the accident?

Reisch's column also failed to destroy the bridges across the Danube.

The column had failed to draw much attention the first time it was published.

But it turned out that the column concentrated on bicycle messengers and failed to deal seriously with the real problem.

They occur early in pregnancy, when a fetus's spinal column fails to close completely.

Kolesnikov's column the next day described his epic, failed journey to the airport.