Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spell on him. Miss Holroyd (whose name means "Holy Rood" in archaic English), is just beginning to enjoy life when her witch aunt and her warlock brother arrive to tangle things up. A pathetic little author of witchcraft books is drawn to the apartment and his descriptions of "them" afford some enjoyable snickers...
First, it would guarantee an uninterrupted flow of superior, trained manpower into the professional schools and the professions. In the long run this might be of vital importance for national defense and other purpose. Can we afford a two-year hiatus in college and professional training? Would there necessarily be such a hiatus in the production of scientists, doctors, etc. if every one were taken into national service for two years at eighteen, or could that gap be made up by shortening college or professional training or otherwise...
...rush seats in Sanders have not yet been allocated to individual faculty members. Perhaps it is fair that these members should get some of the 82 seats. But certainly most of the rush seats should be preserved for students turned away from the rehearsal series or unable to afford the $3 lump payment...
...Korea and abroad, Rhee's opponents called him a lame-duck President, declared that his government was discredited. Other observers believe that Rhee's government was just beginning to hit its stride last June and that the Reds attacked when they did because they could not afford to tolerate the example of an effective, popular anti-Communist government in Asia...
...very groups that most need medical care cannot afford insurance any more than they can afford doctors. Southern and western states, with 43 percent of the population and the lowest standards of medical care, have only 17 percent of the membership in voluntary insurance groups. No AMA proposal provides for the two-thirds of the population who are not now covered by health insurance in any form. Why then is the AMA offering voluntary insurance as "the American answer to every question of medical service, care, and cost...