Trying to build a new core consumer at this stage of business maturity may prove to be fatal.
There are suggestions it can make some diseases both more likely to occur and more likely to be fatal.
The anonymity of virtual communities appeared to be fatal to the creation of trust and of real civic bonds.
This parasite weakens the immune systems of bees, making the consequences of an infection more likely to be fatal.
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The fact is, people are living longer, with more and more complications of the inevitable wear and tear on our bodies, or with painful serious diseases that used to be fatal much sooner.
Women with metastatic cancer, which has spread beyond the breast and is more likely to be fatal, sometimes feel left out when the focus of awareness is on curable, small tumors, says Christopher Friese, an oncology nurse and assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing.
But much of that dip appears to be the result of microbes using oxygen to dissolve oil underwater, and the decline is not enough to be fatal to marine life, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official Steve Murawski, the head the Joint Analysis Group studying the spill's impact.
But the future of the project received what appears to be a fatal blow when the Welsh government published a review in 2010 on the feasibility of the new centre, and funding arrangements for residential provision on the Harlech campus.
Fortunately, diabetes and allergic reactions are more likely to be inconvenient than fatal.
In October, a great white shark killed a US diver in what was thought to be the second fatal shark attack in Western Australia in 12 days.
Good security is costly, but bad security can be fatal to business and entrepreneur alike.
While vetting is critical, vetting too early can be fatal to the company as a whole longer-term.
As many property developers have discovered in the past, relying on borrowed money to enhance returns can be fatal when lenders lose confidence.
And drivers ages 16 to 19 are three times more likely than older drivers to be involved in a fatal crash, the agency says.
Both brothers were believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer during Thursday night's chaotic series of events.
That used to be a permanent and fatal condition, but today you can fix that condition with a stem cell therapy that is definitely regarded as bioengineering.
Australia barred British beef and by-products in 1996 as concerns mounted that mad cow disease could be linked to the fatal human condition, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD).
The concessions may not be fatal to the government's documentation drive (some retailers can defer declaring their stocks and will not be subject to on-the-spot inspections, though they will remain liable for audit).
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Mr Darling's memoirs are a timely reminder that lack of credibility in this area can be fatal to a political party's fortunes, even one with a leader rather nicer to be around than Mr Brown.
Mr Merloni believes it would be fatal to be distracted from his firm's focus on white goods. (A family holding company oversees unrelated investments, notably in energy.) Fiat diversified way beyond cars, spanning tractors to financial services.
The point is that those who lend to banks can't be sure where the fatal direct exposures to Greece, or Portugal, or Ireland lie.
Giving in to actors' demands could be fatal for some shows, he said last week before the strike took place.
Yes, last week's results were dreadful, they say, but the coalition will not break up: going to the country now would be fatal.
The inquest was told consuming just half a death cap mushroom, which has a similar appearance to safe varieties, can be fatal and there is no antidote.
Eating contaminated meat or some other animal products from cattle that have bovine spongiform encephalopathy is thought to be the cause of the fatal brain disease in humans that is called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
The drugmakers took them to the FDA anyway, hoping that trends toward survival in diseases that are almost always fatal would be enough to get the compounds on the market.
Firms that produce pesticides, and the authorities that regulate them, are aware of the importance of bees to food production, and new products must be tested to make sure they are not fatal to helpful insects.
"It's hard to know when minus temperatures will be fatal for them, " he told the BBC.
As I am totally unable to cough, such infections could be fatal for me.
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