31.   No country can afford that.

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

33.   Only with time and after production capacity increases do prices fall to a level that poor countries can afford.

34.   One reason for such decisions is that few countries can afford to discriminate against efficient people simply because they prospered in the twilight years of communism.

35.   Republicans intend to push for more tax cuts, including a reduction in long-term capital gains, which Democrats say the country cannot afford.

36.   Sen. Don Nickles of Oklahoma, the assistant Republican leader, took issue with those who maintained the country could not afford to lose so much revenue.

37.   Second, in the face of a difficult budget fight and a deteriorating economy, the country could not afford the cost.

38.   Such a commitment, the president maintains, would force cuts the country cannot afford in Medicare and programs protecting the poor.

39.   Strong growth in the budget could have made membership difficult for the three formerly Communist countries to afford.

40.   The country can afford the tax cuts, Daniels said, calling them essential to stimulating the economic growth needed to keep government revenues strong.