11.   If your retirement savings are modest, and if you can afford no significant loss of principal, you should probably shy away from them.

12.   Neither country can afford another loss if it hopes to advance to the next round.

13.   Silver argues that the city has a fat surplus and can afford the loss.

14.   That being said, the Angels could not afford another loss on Friday.

15.   That means they can only afford a loss.

16.   The Bruins can afford a loss and remain on track for Title IV.

17.   The Rockets are playing their fifth game of the week, and with Chicago looming Tuesday, they can ill afford a loss.

18.   This is a staggering blow to our national heritage, which can ill afford the loss of so much genuinely comic material in an era dominated by Adam Sandler.

19.   After Morocco beat Scotland, Norway needed a win to continue, while Brazil could afford the loss.

20.   Because the BJP cannot afford the loss of any allies, the policy document omitted several divisive Hindu nationalist goals.