With a fiscal deal still out of reach, the president can ill afford the public relations problems that would arise from being on vacation while the country heads uncertainly toward a deadline that could have a serious impact on the financial markets and the economy.
Even when they do have internet access, it may be limited due to the number family members who share the same computer, the inability to afford the high monthly fees, technical problems with hardware and software they may not be able to fix, slow and outdated computers, and, in some case, the inability to read or understand English well, if at all.
The country cannot afford to let the problem of immigration continue to fester any longer.
At the same time, Africa cannot afford to ignore the 'old' problem of household pollution or to consider it largely solved: it is only a few high-income countries – Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco, Seychelles and Tunisia – that can afford to view the problem of air pollution as being a problem of outdoor particulate pollution alone".
A survey ACS CAN commissioned in 2010, after the healthcare bill passed but before it took effect, found half of families dealing with cancer had problems affording the costs of insurance premiums, co-pays or drugs.
They face problems affording the medicines, thus contributing to the delaying of treatment.
We are facing problems affording the lodging and food to eat.
Microfluidic devices provide innovative solutions to logistical problems, affording the advantages of high sensitivity, low cost, low reagent usage, small size, and several established fabrication techniques.
The Romans couldn't afford creative problem solving, especially when, at its height, the empire stretched over 1,000 miles.
There was a significant difference (p=0.008) in that nine of the refugee parents stated that they had experienced difficulties visiting the GP in relation to affording the travel costs and language problems.
