Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Vice President Alben W. Berkley explained in El Paso why he spent so much time on speaking tours: "Since most of the American people can't afford to come to Washington to see the Government, I feel it's my duty to bring the Government to them...
...fumage"-a new art form produced by holding a lighted candle under a piece of paper and "being unconsciously you." They described the various Oxford types, tried to explain what Oxford life is like these days ("Less cash, more parties. Champagne instead of sherry, though we can't afford either...
...came as quite a surprise to me. We have heard all this before, and rather better put, but as your correspondent seems to think his views so startling that he dares not subscribe his name to them, perhaps it would be a work of charity to afford him a reply...
MacLeish said that people today, including students, are taking a greater interest in literature, especially plays. He claimed that plays are meant to be seen, concluding that a theatre here would forward experimentation in the art of drama and afford it useful study and criticism...
...Plymouth, Wis. phoned in his idea to use asphalt in making metal molds. Another inventor in Chicago phoned in his scheme for a new use of oil in the ceramics industry. Some sounded promising, others did not. All will get careful attention. Said Spencer: "You can't afford to ignore the crackpot. His work may turn out to be the gold...