The GAO recently agreed to conduct an investigation into pension conflicts, including why the DOL and PBGC have not scrutinized failed plans and continue to fail to do so.
But sometimes people have the knowledge and the self-command to choose happiness, and they still fail to do so.
From fighting terrorism and drug trafficking to limiting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to protecting the global environment, we stand to gain from working with other nations, and we will surely lose if we fail to do so.
With many federal repair facilities now facing bleak times as the volume of war-related work slows, Republican and Democratic legislators alike will press to pull outsourced work back into the government for fear of the electoral consequences if they fail to do so.
Human-caused climate change is but one example of what occurs when we fail to do so.
Just 14.8% of German children but 45.4% of Turks end up in Hauptschulen, which ought to prepare them for simple trades but often fail to do even that.
He highlighted the "desperate" situation for many disadvantaged children in the UK, urging the MP "not to attack those parents investing heavily in their children, but to find out why the vast majority of young people want to be good parents and yet a very, very, very substantial group of them fail to do so".
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To fail to do so is to commit that Fallacy.
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John Mackie, chief executive of the British Venture Capital Association, the VCT industry body, told BBC News that it was up to VCT fund managers to decide what to do if they fail to raise enough money.
The litmus test for companies who want more women leaders is to make sure they have the same chance as men do to fail, Barsh said.
The bridge banks are meant to sell off failed institutions' assets within two years, but if they fail to do so they may get up to three extensions.
But when you think about it, there is something heroic about keeping up a battle even if it is doomed to fail, simply because it is the right thing to do.
One is that in order to learn how to do something well, you have to fail sometimes.
The world is at a crossroads and what we do, or fail to do, has enormous consequences.
No, they are mandated to blend a certain amount, and if they fail to do so they are penalized.
The company and industry analysts had expected the title to do well, and Reach did not fail to deliver.
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It always amazes me when people who are deeply in debt to their credit card companies fail to do everything in their power to pay it off immediately.
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Raising awareness that help is available, educating people that they too can be part of the solution and being a support system when all else has seemed to fail are the things that we do best to make a difference.
The heavily indebted countries will either fail to implement the necessary measures or, if they do, they will fail to meet their targets because of collapsing demand.
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After promising not to extradite their leaders for drug crimes, Mr Uribe ended up doing so when they failed to co-operate (Mr Santos may be tempted to do the same if the FARC fail to keep their promises).
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In fact, the deal is almost certain to crash and burn in the American Senate, which strongly opposes deep cuts in American emissions, and has said unanimously that it will not accept any arrangement under which the developing countries fail to do their bit in some way.
The funds that aim to beat a benchmark by just a little and usually fail (after costs) to do so are being retired.
They can get so caught up in what they are trying to do that they fail to perceive current reality as clearly as they might.
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But it is also difficult to overstate the terrible consequences if we were to fail to take measures to protect our populations while there is still time to do so.
In fact, the banks were free to do anything, except fail in large numbers.
Most likely, it will fail to do so again both this year and next.
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