Word: afford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Much will depend tonight on the varsity defense. Goalie and captain Charlie Flynn, and defensemen Mario Celi, Denny Little, Dan Ullyot, and John Copeland won't be able to afford momentary lapses against the hustling Eagles...
...house in five rents for less than $25 a month, which, according to the Corcoran Report, "provides a cold-water, stove-heated flat in a substandard pre-1900 building which the landlord cannot afford to maintain." More than one house in three lacks central heating. One house in four is classified as "dilapidated" by the city. 16,000 of the 33,000 Cambridge homes are either threatened by, or engulfed in, blight...
...reason is not hard to find. While people do not like to live in slums, they would rather live in slums than gutters. Tearing down a tenement means displacing families. Eventually they may be able to find and afford a better house, but it is hard to live in a promise. And so, the politicians become representatives of the status...
Tomorrow's 7:45 contest at Penn will once again find the visitors the underdog, as Penn will seek to avenge its January loss to the Crimson. The Quakers, now fourth in the Ivy League with a 4-3 record, are still in contention for the title, but cannot afford to lose more than one more game, if that many...
...American Cancer Society. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis) for improving medical schools. But his most interesting project is a revolutionary plan for American hospitals. As Coggeshall sees it, there are two kinds of hospital patients: the seriously ill, who need all the services that a hospital can afford, and those who are in for less serious ailments or mere diagnosis. But, he points out, most modern hospital rooms are designed for the first type. They are rigged for all kinds of emergencies, with such fixtures as oxygen outlets, and this makes them expensive. With every room a sick room, hospital...