Economists such as Adam Posen have warned that slow growth begets slow growth: if we don't use it, we lose it. ( I explained this more clearly when he first made this argument, over a year ago).
"If we don't do something about it we could lose an awful lot of talent, an awful lot of people who can contribute fantastically to the country and I just think that's wrong, " he said.
If we weren't in the EU, we'd lose it and wouldn't get it back from the UK government, said Mr Jones.
"If we had to choose a way to lose it would have been this way, " added Tabarez.
We look in the mirror and wonder what it would be like if and only if we could lose 15 pounds, had a smaller nose, longer eyelashes, a bigger (or smaller) chest, longer legs, so forth.
"It would be a setback if we were to lose the passenger train, " said Matt Allen, the city manager.
If you stack all of the rum that we lose to evaporation every year in barrels, it would be 30 Empire State Buildings tall.
Mr. NEIDL: As oil prices continue to go up, and especially if we're going into a slow economy and airlines begin to lose a lot of money, it'll put greater pressure on everybody - employees, investors, management, and the government - to look at consolidation.
That means if a customer has an issue come up, we resolve it with the feeling that, if left unresolved, that issue could cause us to lose that customer.
If we see the same fall-off this time around, the youth demo will likely lose the kingmaker status it held in 2008.
Its current content deal with Epix will lose online exclusivity "shortly" although it will still offer those titles, we'll see if any of the competition joins in.
ENGADGET: Netflix Q2 2012 earnings: 530,000 more US subscribers and a return to profitability
We could lose a lot of people who won't even get to the emergency room if we don't do it, so I do want you to know that I hope the message will go across the country to the places I've visited and the other places that we know this is going to be a problem, and we're going to deal with it.
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