Sentences with phrase «short of an abject failure»

The younger Steinbrenner's venture was nothing short of an abject failure, but his next venture in sports ownership proved infinitely more successful.

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Trading legalism for pietism is really no improvement, we are no longer under the power of the law, and no longer slaves to sin, we still can and do fall short of perfection, in fact, Romans 7 gives us a pretty clear picture of the kind of abject failure that results from trying to live a pious life under our own power.
[Response: So... Michaels writes a paper stating that ENSO variability is the big driver of short term trends and yet still asks people to sign on to a statement claiming that those same trends indicate that models are abject failures?
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