Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that not only our military alliances but our political thought and economic policies match up to the level of the great scientific and technical advances which the world has made. Whether it be in a great Commonwealth like ours or a great continent like yours, we can no longer afford to think parochially...
...backslid to ''the humdrum plane of complacency." And complacency is dangerous. "The Soviet threat to our pre-eminence in industry, science and military striking power is steadily increasing. We have long been accustomed to think of the U.S. as occupying an unchallenged and unchallengeable position. We cannot afford to make such assumptions today...
...intercontinental ballistic missile, the intermediate-range ballistic missile to be based overseas, advanced land-based bombers and carrier-based aircraft. A weapons-systems evaluation group is studying the problem, is scheduled to make recommendations to the Joint Chiefs of Staff by next month. «I Can the U.S. still afford to be tied to a procedure that prohibits the use of defensive atomic weapons without a presidential order? As the warmaking prowess of the enemy advances and consequently shortens the reaction time needed for the-U.S. to defend and retaliate, continental-defense commanders believe they should be authorized...
...schools: "I know as much about my child's needs as you do; I have a right to supervise the education you are giving him." The school no longer holds for the parent the respect that it did in the last century, and the school can no longer afford to keep aloof from the community...
...return. Paradoxically, even some of the noisiest proponents of a tough line in Algeria, such as Jacques Soustelle, believe that a France revitalized by De Gaulle could give Algeria some form of self-government inside a North African Federation related to France. "The strong." argues one ardent Gaullist, "can afford to be generous...