Thus, Johnson Controls can ill afford to not expand in this critical growth market.
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Even if the authorities rustle up the money, they can ill afford to dawdle.
With lower oil prices, Chad can ill afford the war against its Sudanese-backed rebels.
We can ill afford devoting finite resources toward building where people no longer wish to live.
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Knook can ill afford more public-relations meltdowns like the case of Juliet Wu.
Clearly, we can ill afford such unnecessary additional defense burdens at this time.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, for example, can ill afford to be a slush fund for the rest of the group.
Those are losses the far smaller force - estimated to number 7, 000 to 9, 000 combatants - can ill afford.
That might leave others--in particular, high-growth and high-tech companies, who can ill afford debt--to shoulder the burden of corporate taxation.
Meanwhile, smaller companies are assiduously taking steps to avoid proxy fights if only because they can ill afford the cost.
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To be sure, the country and the economy can ill afford anything more than a soft patch at the present time.
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And with size and success came not a little hubris that Tokyo is finding it can ill afford, especially during a recession.
At that point, President Sarkozy can ill afford the sort of cynical public opinion that, in 2007, he promised to turn around.
The election is tight, and the country can ill afford another deadlock.
On the other hand, patching together a new government will not be easy, and may take time that Turkey can ill afford.
But thanks to a changing economy, millions now work for themselves or for small businesses that can ill afford coverage at today's prices.
The Times Co. has been without a CEO for more than 10 months, at time when it can ill afford a leadership vacuum.
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The unemployment rate is already over 9%, so we can ill afford to saddle businesses with extra expenses that make hiring even more costly.
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They can ill afford to have a half empty dais on Hall of Fame weekend due in part to protest or lack of interest.
He can ill afford to have his claims about the health of the economy contradicted by the evidence of voters' own eyes and ears.
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But there are few like Philip Mudd, and we can ill afford to lose any of them to the toxic posturing of the political classes.
South Africa can ill afford the loss of its best-trained people.
More importantly, America can ill afford to go it alone economically.
So, no direct, casual link between violence and games like Call of Duty, but video games can ill afford a tie to a vilified industry like guns.
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Her term as IMF chief does not expire until 2016, but amid the complexities of Europe's economic crisis this is a distraction she can ill afford, he adds.
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The business group said changing UK law in this area again "would be unhelpful, confusing and add burdens for small businesses, which at this time they can ill afford".
This industry, along with all others, will have to succeed or fall on its merits in the marketplace without being propped up by government spending that we can ill afford.
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There is also a fear that it is the young and more savvy who will get involved, leaving the elderly and those who can ill afford higher bills paying steeper tariffs.
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