Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British friends, this is a wasteful and luxurious system that only the richest country in the world can afford. I suggest it needs a tightening...
Train of the Future. "I proudly salute the gallant American fight in Korea . . . What I deplore in [the] cases of Berlin and Korea is this: the incompetence of political leaders which made military action necessary. Democracies cannot afford the luxury of assigning armies of soldiers to go around 'picking up' after their statesmen...
...best-paid performer in Portugal. Her nightly fee, 10,000 to 30,000 escudos ($350 to $1,050), is so high that even the best-heeled impresario cannot afford to put her on the payroll, engages her only for one-night stands. Because she was a poor child she spends the money freely ("I don't know where it all goes"), but there is always enough to support her family...
...boss, and that no big changes will be made. But Schenley now seems to have a somewhat healthier respect for the lowly blend, and may push its blends harder in the future. Says President Heymsfeld: "You can't sell a man a Cadillac when all he can afford is a Chevrolet...
...first time in recent years Munro has enough men to afford to juggle around his combinations. About 35 candidates are practicing daily on the Business School field, and with this depth Munro has put together two tentative lines, one an American power line, the other a foreign, skilled group. He is also experimenting with a variety of different halfback lines...