Word: afford
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Seeing her off at the dock, her husband also denied uneasiness: "She is a splendid shot, you know." To guide and protect her there were seven scientists under the command of famed George K. Cherrie, taxidermist and hunter of Roosevelt expeditions to the River of Doubt, Africa, Turkestan. To afford her feminine company and comfort there was Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton, wife of Naturalist Seton, who exhibited a rifle "that already has to its credit a 1,000-lb. moose, an 800-lb. bear, an antelope shot running at 90 ft. and a wapiti...
...after much hesitation. The first is that I should like to feel that I am putting my shoulder to the wheel and aiding in a worthy cause for the University; the second is that I am taking your circulars at their word and subscribing what I can afford at the present time; and the third is that very shortly I hope to be in a position to contribute a good bit more Until then, I want to join hands with the well-wishers of Harvard...
...profess an aversion for "the an-achronistic chariot of war" and disclaim "any jingoistic faith in huge national armaments"; then you propose to abolish these evils by increasing the number who can drive the anachronistic chariot!. You admire the prospective course for the "idental discipline" it will afford, yet how long has the CRIMSON stood for discipline of the absolute, goose-step variety in any field...
...elements of comfort are sufficiently few that the world can not afford to despise any of them. Aside from the pleasures of perspiration, and the more exuberant of evening joys, not many diversions are at hand. Vitally necessary it is therefore to conserve the placid comforts of a smoking jacket. In spite of the anti-tobacco league, the weed remains the constant solace of a harried soul. Since the time of Walter Raleigh, men have profited by the genial warmth of a mouthy fireplace...
According to the conception of sovereign ethics prevalent before the war, this holdup is no doubt justifiable, simply because it is possible. But the new spirit of internationalism which attempts to prevent costly disturbances can not afford to tolerate the more obvious forms of obstruction...