None of this is a guarantee that the Belgrade regime is about to fall, but it does suggest that it could lose control if Serbia's infrastructure starts to break down.
The navy frets that it could lose the two new aircraft carriers it has been counting on.
The Welsh film industry has warned it could lose major drama productions to England because it is illegal for actors to smoke on film sets in Wales.
Like the older employee, the large corporation, already successful, is more mindful of what it could lose by doing something different, than it is excited about doing something new.
The Big East, which earlier had announced it was expanding to 10 teams from eight, had to be concerned it could lose its BCS status when a re-evaluation is scheduled after the 2013 season.
However, increasing competition from Samsung and other smartphone makers could cause it to lose the kind of control it presently enjoys on suppliers.
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The question, if you are employed, how safe do you think your job is? 61 percent replied, I have nothing to worry about. 19 percent said I could lose it soon. 7 percent said they expect to lose it soon. 13 percent say they've never given any thought about losing their job.
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And just as it's true that you could lose weight by having your brain removed, it still doesn't make it a great idea.
We could lose it, but Petr Cech saved a penalty with a fantastic save.
If Credit Lyonnais is convicted of fraud in the US, it could lose its banking licence there.
Worse, it could lose its top seller, the antibiotic Rocephin, to patent expiration in the next several years.
Polls show that it could lose its grip on the capital next year, when Mr Ebrard's term expires.
But it could lose its No. 2 position to Wendy's if Brenneman doesn't come up with a plan soon or loses his Midas touch.
He could lose it just as easily by giving false testimony against Lay in an effort to get more time off his 10-year sentence, Carney says.
If the government has to backtrack, and charge only the minimum proposed pension contribution, it could lose 2.6 billion reais in revenue in a full year.
The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats could lose it if they look more interested in talking to themselves than talking to the country about what they're going to do.
But Grassley and Baucus warned that if House-Senate conferees approve any significant shift from their bill, it could lose support from key moderates on both sides of the aisle and fail.
If the suspension goes ahead, Israel's foreign ministry has warned the EU it could lose its role as a broker in Middle East peace efforts, the BBC's Katya Adler in Jerusalem says.
But Hamilton said he and Baker came away from Iraq convinced that if the government in Baghdad does not act quickly, it could lose the support of the Iraqi and the American people.
Disney contends that it could lose hundreds of millions of dollars if the case goes Slesinger's way, and until earlier this year was supporting Milne's grand-daughter in an attempt to win back the rights.
By contrast, Goldman's value-at-risk the amount it could lose on a bad day and thus a widely used (if imperfect) measure of risk appetite hit a new high last quarter, jumping most in equities, even as stockmarket volatility fell.
The reason: If a college's federal student-loan default rate surpasses 25% for three consecutive years, or 40% in a single year, it could lose eligibility for federal student aid for all students, according to the Department of Education.
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Reportedly, the FCC has warned Sprint that it "could lose access to the signal spectrum used by its Nextel- and Boost Mobile-branded wireless services" if it doesn't remedy the problem by June of 2008.
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The CPI might go up 125% in one decade (as it did 1971-1981), the dollar could permanently lose 66% against major currencies (as it did against the yen in this period), and commodities could shoot up ten-to twenty-five fold (as was the case with oil and gold).
But since payments to the government increase over the franchise period, it could walk away if it reckons it will lose money in the future.
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"It's tough to lose 7-6 in the third -- it could have gone either way, but it didn't go my way today, " Wozniacki told the official WTA website.
But enterprises must beware: What they gain in worker productivity, they could lose in IT security.
Vertex has started a combo-drug strategy, too, but it could still lose its early advantage.
Having just about regained the political initiative, Mrs Merkel could quickly lose it.
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