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Only a regional and global agreement to place Afghanistan’s stability above other objectives can make long-term stability possible by enabling Afghanistan to survive with security forces that it can afford.
Central bankers cannot afford to ignore them, but they should be wary of reacting too soon.
In fact, democracy demands a degree of showmanship and pizzazz; politicians need to appeal to the mass of voters, and not just to an elite, which can afford to ignore hoi polloi.
Yet when it comes to climate change, cynicism is a luxury that we cannot afford.
Nor can it afford to alienate its largest trading partner, a neighbor and an emerging global superpower, which is known to be prickly over any presumed slights to its sovereignty over Tibet.
But in today’s prevailing conditions, we cannot afford this perspective.
If you are a resident of Yaoundé, the decline in the quality of domestic play may not be a big deal if you can afford a cable connection that allows you to tune in to the English Premier League.
This implies that the crisis is likely to persist much longer than in the US, because households in Spain and Ireland will labor for decades to service mortgages on houses that they can no longer afford.
Of 3,007 counties in the US, a worker earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour can afford a one-bedroom rental in only 12.
Most notably, last December, Sri Lanka was compelled to transfer the Chinese-built strategic port of Hambantota to China on a 99-year, colonial-style lease, because it could longer afford its debt payments.
The country cannot afford to lose those benefits to an international backlash against its unfair trade and investment practices.
Yet if Western leaders are serious about spreading democratic values, they cannot afford to take a defeatist approach to the DRC.
As societies become richer, individuals can afford to stop worrying about food and sanitation, and to start worrying about the environment.
As societies get richer, people can afford cleaner technology.
Genetic comparisons simply do not afford an ”inner view” of the relationships between species, or an encapsulation of those relationships.
But it already costs too much to the women who can’t afford to feed and house themselves and their children.
For if prices (P) are falling faster than money incomes (N), surely this means that we can afford to buy more for less.
None of the emerging powers has even begun to use its growing political and economic clout to advance truly global ambitions – or to take on responsibilities that Washington can no longer afford.
With a budget deficit of 2.3% of GDP, China can certainly afford to increase government expenditure and reduce taxes.
As a result, the US government now fails to provide adequately for basic public services such as modern infrastructure (fast rail, improved waste treatment, broadband), renewable energy to fight climate change, decent schools, and health-care financing for those who cannot afford it.
With millions of children still being denied the right to an education, the world can no longer afford the status quo.
Xi cannot afford to make the same mistake.
Scarcity requires them to make difficult choices like pulling children out of school or deciding which family member can afford to skip a meal.
Moreover, many internships – a prerequisite for the most attractive jobs – are unpaid, making them unfeasible for graduates whose families cannot afford to support them.
The world cannot afford to wait that long; we need a new approach.
Fighting in Tajikistan and the Caucasus costs money, creating a financial burden Russia can ill afford.
The US can afford a second TARP, but it would require Congressional legislation, which is not guaranteed (though the US Federal Reserve can, of course, keep the system funded no matter what).
I can’t afford a personal assistant to screen my e-mail, but now I can push the burden back to the senders, who have to consider how likely I am to want their message and to respond in the way they hope.”
Human population has simply become too large to be able to afford it.
In this environment, the Fed can well afford to maintain its stance of benign neglect toward the dollar.
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