Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Governor Lacson turned them right around and flew them out. Occasionally, a charge of rape or murder against Lacson reached the court but nothing ever came of it. Even if he was a bit rough, he delivered solidly on election day. President Quirino's Liberal administration could not afford to quibble...
...combination of wholesome young love and two stirring success stories was a nation's delight. Daughter of a railroad carpenter, Debbie got into movies in 1948 when a talent scout spotted her wearing a holey bathing suit in a Burbank (Calif.) beauty contest (her family couldn't afford new clothes for her). She not only attained a ripe age (for Hollywood) without marrying anybody, but, so far as anyone knew, had never even been in love before. By all signs, neither had Bachelor Fisher, who had also come up the hard way, getting off to a singing start...
...last week's congressional maneuvering the Republicans, caught sleeping, hastily said that they were for a less "drastic" measure, but in the adjournment rush they couldn't afford to oppose the bill as such. The Democrats, of course, were all for "outlawing...
...close, notably in his most magnificent score, the Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem). That opus calls for a 210-member chorus, full symphony orchestra, four separate brass choirs (labeled according to the points of the compass), plus a battery of 16 kettledrums. Few of today's symphonies can afford to stage the work. At Tanglewood, Mass, last week, Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra undertook the task, and the result was some of the loveliest (and loudest) music that ever echoed through the Berkshire hills...
...R.A.F. as "Aircraftsman Shaw," was posted to stations in India. Thousands of pounds poured in from his bestselling Revolt in the Desert, but Ned sent most of the profits straight to charity. Ned's chief financial problem was how to answer his fan mail when he could only "afford two rupees [about 70?] for stamps every week." He noted, with a touch of malicious pleasure, that his modesty made him a thorn in the flesh of his superiors. "The officers steer clear of me, because I make them uncomfortable...