Many critics say Wal-Mart fails to pay its workers fairly or provide them with enough health insurance.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

European officials hope to avoid the crisis that could spread if Greece fails to pay its debts.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

She says she does not want to disappoint herself when she fails to keep them.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

In this story,a trial takes place to decide if the moneylender Shylock can take a pound of flesh from a borrower who fails to repay his loan.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

It fails to set detailed targets for cuts in carbon emissions.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

He suggests it only when drug therapy fails to work.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Investors fear European Union countries could eventually see significant economic losses if Greece fails to pay back its massive debt.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

He said developing an ideology of confidence in condoms is not correct because it fails to focus on personal responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

A Vatican spokesman said developing an ideology of confidence in condoms fails to focus on personal responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Analysts say that if the Geithner plan fails to revive the financial system, there will be no alternative but short-term nationalization of distressed banks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

In an American TV interview, Middle East envoy George Mitchell said the United States could withhold loan guarantees if Israel fails to advance the peace process.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

If the vaccine campaign fails to take off in Europe, the society says, the swine flu pandemic may even spread more widely and cause more deaths, particularly among children and young adults.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

It's a virulent strain that occurs when a person with TB fails to complete the six to nine-month course of medication or catches TB from another person who is ill with a drug resistant-strain.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

"The report also fails to deal adequately with the asymmetrical nature of the conflict or to assign appropriate responsibility to Hamas for its decision to base itself and its military operations in heavily populated areas,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

But she noted that the United States and its partners in the P-Five-Plus-One group the five permanent U.N.Security Council member countries and Germany are pursuing a two-track strategy of incentives for Iranian nuclear cooperation and "consequences" if it fails to fulfill international nuclear obligations.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

But they say the United States is losing patience with what they see as fruitless overtures to Tehran, and they say they believe that sanctions should be imposed without delay if the long-anticipated visit to Tehran by President Lula fails to produce results.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14