But it is also sobering to recall that the one aim that, by his own avowal, has always lain closest to his heart» reconciliation between the Eastern and Roman Churches» has proven to be the source of his gravest disappointment, and probably the only manifest failure that can be placed in the balance over against his innumerable successes. (firstthings.com)
They should not blind us to the manifest failures of his economic team. (larrysummers.com)
But what this Inquiry is telling us is that there was a manifest failure to act on the data available... (politics.co.uk)