What has happened, rather, is that familiarity and hard experience have succeeded where the Communists failed: in dispersing the American myth.

It was the first time that the Communists had failed to finish third in a Czech election.

The Communists had failed to gain entrance to a single building.

Most important, the Communists have failed because they are still Communists.

Ms. Schrecker is correct to say that America's Communists failed.

It was the first time when Communists failed to take the first place in vote.

In the fourth constituency, Kiskunfelegyhaza, the Communists topped the vote but failed to win a majority, gaining 44.9 percent.

His nomination came after Communists failed to win sufficient support to govern in partly free elections in June 1989.

The Communists eventually suppressed all non-Communist parties but failed to secure a peace deal with France.

The Social Democrats and the Communists have failed to understand the changes that the euro has brought about.