All the same, he predicts problems for the government if it tries to force the mentally-ill off benefits and into work without the necessary help.
"It's a source of marriage breakdown, of stress, of people being ill, being off work - the knock-on effect of people wrestling with unmanageable debt in their lives can be massive, " he says.
With the woes of the financial sector grabbing headlines, technology companies could opt to write-off bad acquisitions now, kill ill-conceived product lines or lay off unneeded workers.
The Reserve (central) Bank of India is credited with staving off most ill-effects of the Global Financial Crisis with its hyperconservative regulation.
Since the juries that determine those damages sometimes award ruinous sums, firms often find the certainty of spending a little to buy off an ill-founded suit preferable to the risk of financial disaster by contesting it (and consumers end up with more expensive products as a result).
How much will shares of the large insurance brokers be worth once they have sworn off all their ill-gotten gains?
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Equally unsuccessful was The Golden Palace, an ill-considered spin-off from The Golden Girls, the popular sitcom about four women growing old gracelessly.
Countless ill-advised contracts and off the field matters have plagued a franchise that has desperately tried to emerge from the daunting shadow cast by their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees.
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Carrying their seven-month-old baby, who is ill with diarrhoea, they set off from home early in the morning.
People who become seriously ill will no longer be thrown off their coverage for reasons contrived by the insurance company.
In the meantime they are more likely to take time off work as they become ill and their illnesses will cause distress throughout their family.
But once an off-colour joke or ill-considered rant has been emailed to a friend or posted online, it can be much harder to get rid of.
But when the last descendant of the Houbigant family fell ill in the 1980s and began selling off the perfume brands, Michele Perris and his relatives, longtime devotees of the French brand, decided they had better start buying them.
I, too, am guilty of putting off doctor appointments when I am ill because it is more stressful to me than the illness.
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Most well-educated Indians have moved off reservation land, leaving an ill-educated and poverty-stricken group that too easily abdicates control to the few remaining members who know how to pull the right levers.
Earlier this month, for instance, Caterpillar announced plans to lay off workers in Milwaukee, Decatur, Ill. and Brussels.
The Dart takeoff would seem to be an answer to critics, notably the Wall Street Journal, who lately have faulted Chrysler for oversubscribing the proportion of early Darts that rolled off the assembly line in Belvidere, Ill.
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"The emphasis should be on both governments and the departments of health, education and finance to promote increased healthy living programmes with targeted resources for the less well off in our society because poverty and ill health are inter-related, " he said.
When I returned home I continued to feel ill so I went to my doctor who shrugged it off as flu.
Other ventures, such as Compaq's ill-conceived foray into networking equipment, are being sold off or shut down.
Every day, ill-advised, and easily avoidable, decisions are killing off great ideas that could help restore entrepreneurial magic to our economy.
Late in the second half, the game degenerated into an ill-tempered affair as both sides had a player sent off in the space of a minute.
But the massive ill-will that Blizzard has engendered to get this one project off the ground should be some indication of just what a misguided idea it was to begin with.
The most important, that against Mr Suharto, has barely got off the ground: he refuses to attend court, pleading ill-health.
We want a system where you can't be denied care if you have a preexisting condition. (Applause.) You can't get thrown off your insurance right at the time when you get seriously ill.
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When feelings run high, an ill-judged letter can cause as much emotional damage as any dashed-off online posting.
She was signed off with depression in December 2003 and remained off work until January 2005 when she was dismissed due to sustained ill health.
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He claims he was kicked off the force after he complained about a training officer kicking a mentally ill suspect.
Like Jakubec, he appears to be another mentally ill gun nut and bomb-making enthusiast operating in the neighborhood, but now off the streets.
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