But there is an even greater price to be paid for failing to do so.

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Will a child one day be able to sue her parents for failing to do everything they could for her?

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It would be -- we would be failing in our responsibilities not to do that, because we believe that a bigger deal remains possible.

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Mr Kok's report recommends, among other things, that an annual list should be published showing which countries are failing to do enough to rejuvenate their economies.

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Failing to do that would be devastating, even more than a Hurricane can be.

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Failing to do either will be very costly to their business.

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But campaigners are worried that most of those who could be taking advantage of the scheme are failing to do so because they either feel there is a stigma attached to making a claim, or they do not even know that help exists.

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They asserted that the border must be fixed, and blamed Republican-controlled Washington for failing to do so.

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Dickie Wong, executive director of research at Kingston Securities in Hong Kong, said he was optimistic that an agreement on the U.S. debt ceiling would be reached because of the high price tag attached to failing to do so.

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Ex-President Suharto himself would be a fine place to start, but failing that one of his family would do.

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What Steve probably did next, in the weeks between January and March, was what most wealthy Americans with failing livers do in the same situation: travel around the US and pay big fees to be examined by various doctors at various hospitals in order to get on as many waiting lists as possible.

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That is, there would be a positive feedback effect from health reforms and efficiencies - above all at the demand level by addressing ill health - and a negative one from failing to do so. (If anybody can calculate what 12.5% would be in today's money, then we know the difference between the Wanless "worst case" and what Mr Lansley warns about today).

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