The central bank would work with a proposed Financial Services Oversight Council to decide which companies are too big to fail.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

A "run on the bank" usually happens when people believe there is danger a bank may fail or close.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

was too big to fail. The Federal Reserve rescued the American International Group with an eighty-five billion dollar loan.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

But even if those efforts fail, it is too soon to know just how strong the new rules will be.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Such needle sticks are common. But a recent study found that medical students often fail to report them.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

And the crisis had to be solved. "If we fail," Roosevelt said, "the cause of self-government throughout the world will suffer greatly."

VOA: special.2010.08.26

Government rescues of banks considered "too big to fail" angered the public and helped fuel a conservative movement.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

He dug deep into the darkness, hitting the steel so hard that his body began to fail him.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The aim is to find a way to let big financial companies fail without harming the economy.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

The farmers are paid back for the inputs if their crops fail because of drought or flood.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

For every one hundred graduates of for-profit colleges, eighteen fail to repay their federal student loans.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

"I knew of course that when examined again he would fail and be thrown out.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

I knew of course that when examined again he would fail and be thrown out.

VOA: special.2010.03.27