In recent years, though, questions have mounted over whether the system is fail-safe.
The only thing Apple Chief Executive SteveJobsSteve Jobs can do wrong now is fail to meet the high expectations he has created for himself and his company.
We are a long way from full economic recovery, but the last thing we need to do is fail to pass a payroll tax cut extension which would have a negative impact on the kind of economic growth that we have been seeing and need to continue to see.
"If Citi is allowed to fail, and GM is allowed to fail, those are the kind of bell-ringing events that could signal a bottom, " Arnott said.
While Greece is too small to fail, the US is simply beyond too big to fail.
At present, the technique is not so accurate that it is completely fail safe.
Their point number three tells us that the best way to avoid failure is to fail constantly.
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The more a financial system depends on the wisdom of regulators, the more likely it is to fail catastrophically.
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The bigger point about adjacencies though is they fail routinely.
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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.
On the other hand, if Goldman is too big to fail, it is US taxpayers - rather than British ones - that are its main underwriters.
It is interesting you fail to point out that currently Microsoft is making more money from Android than Google is!
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The trouble with both the banking package and the traditional pump-priming is that they fail to address the real problem: that the private sector is awash with debt.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day and to presume that every single cost bending measure will fail is a pretty foolish way to conduct a serious study.
Whether it is a struggling salesman, a struggling product, or a struggling company, the single biggest reason why they fail is that they are so busy assuming that they never get around to asking.
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Industry malfeasance is not the sole reason pensions fail but it is a significant factor contributing to the demise of pensions.
Remember too that the number one reason why start-ups fail is for lack of capital.
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The final reason businesses fail is simply that they sail too close to the wind.
Mr Moore believes that without specific Assembly Government funding, its autism strategy is doomed to fail.
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Combating this takes conscious effort, including sending the message out that it is OK to fail.
The possibility that the sinks are starting to fail is a real and worrying one.
Too big to fail is an even more perplexing quandry in the wake of the financial meltdown.
The roles of financial institutions too big to fail is multiplying from 6 to 30.
Sadly, the idea is going to fail itself, hopefully before anyone spends any money on it.
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Although he bristles at the comparison, this reluctance to let insolvent banks fail is reminiscent of Japan.
Greece is close to that tipping point where almost whatever new austerity measure is implemented will fail.
The Citigroup analyst later said in reference to the renewables targets: "I think the industry is planning to fail".
Then they want to set the bar for Mr. Cameron's renegotiation so high that he is doomed to fail.
One of the reasons that change initiatives fail is because senior management fails to engage in the communication process.
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