Indeed, the vague equation of Japanese economic success with American failure seems to have taken deeper root in the political culture.

The American failure to tap into the reserve is part of a larger bankruptcy in energy strategy.

In the end, he said, the book was "about the personal cost of American success and American failure."

Much has been said about American failures in Iraq.

The other factor is American failure to play the game of multilateral diplomacy with sufficient skill.

Rhee complained bitterly at American failure to provide an adequate level of air support.

No, there was not much reason for pride in the 80's in the American failure to deal with the national crisis of drugs.

The other signal American failure has been in the former Yugoslavia.

In the 2008 American economic failure, creditors lent money to debtors who could not pay back that money.

The League was ineffective in dealing with major issues, which some observers attribute to the American failure to join.