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He said Russia was not planning a new missile buildup, which it cannot afford, but "asymmetrical" technologies that would penetrate any missile shield.

"So far," he wrote, "the world has said it cannot afford this - but the sum is far less than is being spent on space".

SABMiller, listed in Britain, will have to dangle more to win support from its target, but it cannot afford to stretch too far.

Iraq may have survived the past three years, which had been the worst period in its modern history, but it cannot afford another catastrophe of the same magnitude in the near future.

Each corporate demand only underscores the state's perilous position: it cannot afford to lose businesses but it cannot afford the tax breaks to keep them.The vultures are circling.

The foundation which owns Arundells wanted to sell the house because it cannot afford to run it, but the sale was blocked by the Charity Commission.

The administration realizes it cannot afford to repeat that error, but its policies invite a continuing degree of disorder that would not serve American or Afghan interests.

Privately owned Barilla, which had almost 4 billion euros in sales last year, declined to say if the boycott had hurt sales but it cannot afford to offend consumers in the United States, now its second-biggest pasta market.

But what it cannot afford, particularly now that its workforce is no longer growing, and urbanization is slowing, is inefficient use of capital.

But it cannot afford to do so.

But it cannot afford to be complacent, for three reasons.