Word: afford
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same spirit even if grossly apart from reality. Her fancy took fire at a project for ship libraries that originated with a literary discussion in an Oxfordshire garden. It has attained, under the tutelage of a "canny but sympathetic little Scotchman" to actual experiment and its particulars afford novel refreshment...
...what the football coach told the Council was not as strong as what the soldier told a bible class federation: "Pennsylvania can't afford to have a cesspool at its doorstep. That's what Philadelphia...
Immigration. "While not enough time has elapsed to afford a conclusive demonstration, such results as have been secured indicate that our immigration law is on the whole beneficial. It is undoubtedly a protection to the wage earners of this country...
...loss in revenue will be spread out over several shears. One of the questions remaining to be decided last week was what is to be the tax on theatre admissions. A sub-committee proposed to retain the tax except on the legitimate drama, which it is felt can least afford to bear the tax. But trouble was encountered in defining "legitimate drama." Finally the following tentative definition was drawn...
...made to post $1000 which is forfeit if the club employs and amateur who has not definitely renounced his amateur status. No club may have more than 16 men on its roster, but at the same time, at least that number must be present on the bench to afford substitutes for injured...