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Fall

An obsolete Scottish unit of length equivalent to 222 inches.

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State-controlled companies are doing better than private corporations at reaching the target, with just three out of 11 state-owned firms falling short of the 40% quota.

Women's representation on Norwegian company boards falls short of government target

It is not a moral issue unless the person has had a long history of clearly falling short in this area and no changes have been made.

Owning up: tests that were not done were reported as normal (1); And tests that were done were not reported at all

While exceeding expectations is certainly better than falling short, positive variances suggest that the company and the analyst have allowed investors to forgo a good investment, Parson argues.

Forecasting: financial management woes hurt forecasts

But there's little doubt that we're falling short on dietary fiber.

Fiber by the slice

5 million, or 51 cents per share, falling short of the consensus estimate by a penny.

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HOSPITAL staff are falling short of hand-washing targets designed to slow the spread of superbugs.