Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...model house was a home workshop stuffed with power tools which none of the Poles could really believe were just for do-it-yourself fun and not state property. Their womenfolk gaped in equal unbelief at a huge display of elaborate American toys-no Communist state can afford to waste production means on such frivolity as that-and the kids themselves reveled in a forest of vending machines, happily buying Cokes, candy and gum with nickels and dimes passed out gratis by the management...
...Today's machine operator is a specialist who may make up to $15,000 a year, and it costs little more to have him operate a larger machine that can do more work. Since the average machine pays for itself long before wearing out, contractors figure they can afford $30,000 in new equipment to eliminate...
Hobnobbing with the great, M.G.M. ate tripe with Rodin, introduced Diaghilev to Picasso, was present when Clemenceau offered Claude Monet a seat in the French Academy (Monet refused). With such a star-studded cast, he can afford to throw away in a footnote the fact that Lenin once wanted to be an artist's model, gave up because he was too short...
...defense. (In 1950 U.S. allies had 500 jet aircraft; now they have 13,000.) The military program provides not only for direct purchases of military hardware but for aid to create a sound logistic base (e.g., supply lines) and to enable allies to maintain forces they could not otherwise afford. In South Korea, for example, the U.S. now contributes $600 a year to help maintain a South Korean soldier on the 38th parallel in the common interest; to support an American soldier there would cost the U.S. $6,000 a year...
...were only too glad to turn their problems over to Dictator Salazar, who has been running the country with quiet efficiency and no organized opposition ever since. The rare eccentric who dares to raise his voice against the regime gets so little popular support that Salazar can afford to be quite polite about...