He came of age watching Reagan succeed and his father fail.

Where your father failed, will you be wiser or more fortunate?

His father tried and failed at several business ventures, which kept the family in a state of flux.

When my father failed to return from hunting, I went out to look for him.

His father attempted to buy a post in the Treasury but failed.

But one day, the father fails to return from a business trip, and the boy has to come to terms with his disappearance.

However, my father never fails to bail them out of a financial crisis.

I want one day to succeed where my father failed.

His father had never failed yet in a crisis.

If a father fails to abide by the rules, he can lose his job.