"No longer can we fall short, no longer can we kick the can down the road, " he said.

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Though we fall short of our ideals on a daily basis, Americans are committed to the principle of the level playing field.

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"While we are striving for perfection in the way we deliver care, we know we fall short of that mark -- but patients can help us get better, " says Nancy Foster, AHA's vice president for quality and patient safety policy.

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Again we fall far short of Canada, and other countries at the top with immigrants constituting over 20% of their population.

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Many have betrayed a loved one, and most have told lies We all fall short of the standards our best values set for us.

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"We want the supply of bags in advance so we don't fall short, " he said.

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Through these reforms we will be able to intervene without hesitation where they fall short.

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But while recognizing these benefits, we also knew that without a targeted, strategic outreach plan that went beyond initial distribution, film would fall short as an effective tool for change.

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"We've gone through those data to see if we can see any influence of gravity on the positions at which they annihilate - looking for atoms to fall for the short amount of time they exist before they hit the wall, " he told BBC News.

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