But the combination of thin grocery-store margins and high e-commerce costs looks more like lose-lose - at least for now.
So this is a lose-lose-lose situation that can be easily solved if Congress gets back into town and does its job.
On the other hand, for the American people and for the free world as a whole, this is a lose-lose situation.
In an editorial published on Thursday, the state-run Chinese newspaper Global Times said that halting the project would be a "lose-lose situation" for both countries.
And who will we cry with, laugh with, and lose-weight-gain-weight-and-lose-weight-again with?
Ultimately, he likely made the right call from a PR perspective to stave off further short term brand agony, but his reputation is irreparable regardless in the lose-lose race created by his own hand.
In my more than two decades of experience dealing with executives and organizations facing similar lose-lose scenarios, I think Lance knew that whatever path he chose would inevitably result in a career-ending, painful finish.
Wealth producers are faced with the lose-lose choices of bailing out governments, bailing out bankers who were induced into buying government debt, or suffering the economic consequences and losses associated with widespread bank failures.
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To keep licences, they will have to comply with a use-it-or-lose-it system designed to prevent mineral-rights hoarding.
This overproduction is largely caused by a use-it-or-lose-it leasing dynamic which requires drillers to be actively producing hydrocarbons in order to extend leases.
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She wants parental leave when a baby is born to be reformed along mainly Nordic lines: ring-fencing half a year off for mothers and another half-year for fathers, on a use-it-or-lose-it basis.
Unlike a pre-tax healthcare flexible spending account, where you forfeit any unused balance at the end of the year under the use-it-or-lose-it rule, you can roll over any unused balance with an HSA, building a tax-free healthcare retirement kitty.
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Gold may be a good hedge in times of uncertainty, but its rapid rise--and the talk about how it's a can't-lose investment--shows a striking similarity to the pattern of previous bubbles, like that in housing a mere three years ago.
However, with Playcast's network resolution technology prioritizing gamepad inputs, you won't lose in-game controls even if you lose graphical clarity in the middle of an intense road race or fragging session.
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Hager is the Swiss-born octogenarian whose high-risk stock-picking style helped him and his followers amass--and then partially lose--a fortune in technology stocks.
"Whatever your conclusions in this critically important matter, your ultimate decision must focus foremost on a single question: "What do our armed forces gain - or what do they lose - from repeal of a law crafted to ensure their effectiveness in accomplishing the sole reason for which they exist?
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But I prefer to lose those millions than to lose my self-respect.
More than 1 million seniors would lose homemaker services and 1.5 million would lose in-home personal care services.
Higher-paid officials will lose 15-20% of their monthly salary, on top of an across-the-board 20% reduction last year.
The Reds squandered a one-goal lead to lose 2-1 after extra time in their third-round replay with the Royals.
Calculations suggest that the hardest-hit African countries could lose one-fifth of their Gross Domestic Product by 2010 as a result of Aids.
Chrysafis loves living in Cyprus, where he owns a beach house, but he thinks it's unlikely - if he does lose his job - that he will be able to find similar work on the island.
For those almost million people whom it will cause to lose gainful employment, or the 7 million who will lose their employer-provided health insurance, indeed it is monstrous.
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Irish led their Heineken Cup match by 12 points with three-quarters of the game played but imploded to lose 31-22.
That's because there's little to lose--they rarely put up any money to build the new properties.
He isn't afraid to lose--and he'll find a way to come back and win.
In the choppier markets since, the can't-lose derivatives have come back with a vengeance.
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