Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...courts of law ... labors under restrictions from which other governments are free. It has not been our tradition to envy such governments. In any event, our government was designed to have such restrictions. The price was deemed not too high in view of the safeguards which those restrictions afford...
Toward the independent voters-who, after all, make up 28% of the U.S. electorate-Taft takes a rather high & mighty line. Says Taft: "We cannot afford to modify our principles to secure the support of a limited number of mugwumps, who never have and never will believe in Republican principles . . . We can only win by the earnest support of a carefully worked-out organization, to interest and bring to the polls millions of voters who have thought little about the vital nature of this political campaign . . . I promise you an all-out fighting campaign . . ." Independent voters do not like...
...elder relatives were not so fortunate. By tradition, the heir apparent to Britain's throne has first claim on the revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall (an estimated $300,000 yearly) for his own uses, so young Charles could afford to cuddle his rabbit without worrying where his next shilling comes from. The rest of the royal family, even though the crown nominally owns huge chunks of revenue-bearing real estate, must still depend on parliamentary generosity for their livelihoods.* The royal wage scale, known as the Civil List, is drawn up within, the first six months of each...
...those who can afford to pay $2,000 to $15,000 for a sleek, low-slung imported sports car-and even for spectators who cannot afford it-road racing is supercharged with excitement. From a mere handful of postwar enthusiasts, the Sports Car Club of America, one of dozens spread over the U.S., has grown to over 2,500 members. Last year nearly 10,000 sports cars* were sold...
Last week, sprawled astride the main Red invasion route on the Ninety-Nine Hills beyond Indo-China's Bacninh, the men of the Legion's 3rd Regiment-the most decorated unit in the French army -could afford to joke about death for a change, instead of courting it. There was a lull in battle. Lithuanian Sergeant Rekstis' mortar was silent. At the siege of Quong Lam a few weeks ago, Italians, Vietnamese, Portuguese and Yugoslavs had taken bets on whether a Viet Minh sniper would get Private Mommaire (Belgian, perhaps, or Swiss). Now Mommaire was idly admiring...