Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University may claim that it cannot afford the cost of such a department, but surely it could divert some of its funds to such an important field. Geography is just as much a necessity as physics, economics, or any other subject to a nation that has assumed the burdens of a world power...
...canny British dress manufacturer, Leslie Berker, and his designer, Norman Hartnell-who styles the royal family-invaded the land of haute couture in its softest spot, the middle-class Frenchwoman who can't afford the steep price of Parisian designers and usually makes her own clothes or wrangles with wrangly little dressmakers. French firms that manufacture readymade medium-priced dresses were caught with their patterns down...
...explanation Sandler states, "After 8 p.m. a man who wishes to study or merely be with a girl can do so only in Widener, Cronin's, or in some more expensive place if he requires privacy. Many who cannot even afford these luxuries remain frustrated...
According to Hopkins the band will not be able to afford the $2,000 necessary to transport the 154 piece organization to Ithaca for the Cornell game on October...
...this were the entire story we could afford to enjoy the self-satisfied feeling which the advertisement seemed intended to induce. This is obviously not the case. The big problems suggest course titles: business and government, business and labor; and there are enough little tryants around to keep the tycoon's reputation from going completely uncommemorated...