Word: afford
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...publishers, have a large sale. Bookstores will not carry that kind of book in stock, and as publishers' advertising is largely for the benefit of the bookstores the publisher spends little money in advertising it; he uses his appropriation for the books of larger possibilities, and he cannot afford to have his appropriation for the books of larger possibilities, and he cannot afford to have his sales force spend much time on it either. The fact is, therefore, that it really gets little if any more newspaper and magazine advertising from the big publisher than from the university press...
...Nation afford an adequate school system...
...humanitarian side of the question, the world cannot afford to hesitate. Now that the peoples have no longer the excuse of ignorance as to the state of affairs in Germany, is it not up to them to act without delay? The winter is coming and time is of the essence of the problem. The German people are not in danger of starvation. They are starving. They are also in a state of bankruptcy and economic chaos, while under-nourishment and tuberculosis are doing their work upon children and adults alike. American and European relief work has been nobly forwarded...
...which I believe to be fully authenticated) other considerations are insignificant. Yet they should not be passed over. The case for the economic rehabilitation of Germany is at last disclosing itself with relentless logic to the self interest of the Briton. His country, so dependent on foreign trade, cannot afford to see the ring of commercial nations be deprived of one of its most energetic and contributive members with a consequent loss of markets and a general breakdown of trader's confidence. England has repented of the vindictiveness in which she was caught up after the war. The spectacle...
...Germany until she has reduced her to a second rate power--unless and until the U. S. and Great Britain effectively guarantee her security. While the rest of the powers are slowly recognizing that it does not pay to be vindictive, France has throughout seen clearly that she cannot afford, as matters stand, to be anything else. And if I happened to be a Frenchman, I should doubtless feel the same...