Word: affordability
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...made clear that they weren't on board with President Bush - and that they were none too happy he was putting them in this uncomfortable position. To complicate matters, House Dems moved more to the left in their environmental demands for the plan, a luxury Speaker Nancy Pelosi could afford since her large majority allows her to pass legislation over Republican objections. Senate majority leader Harry Reid's razor-thin majority does not, and now Washington seems once again on the verge of a bailout blowup that could shake the markets and the economy...
...Muji,' when they experience a product." Yasui says the task is to remind consumers of Muji and its quality, and the struggle is to find a balance between something of slightly better quality that appeals to people in their 50s at a price those in their 20s can afford...
...column shows a stunning lack of perception. To paraphrase a political line from the past, "It's the security of the people, stupid." This President, like all Presidents, has his faults, but the economic results of a decade-plus of putting people into homes everyone knew they could not afford--and then having the whole house of cards fall--is not as much his fault as it is his responsibility, because of the timing of the event. Klein can and should do better. L.E. Dura, FENTON, MICH...
...number of its plans. “One of the things we’ll be looking at really hard is Houses,” she said, referring to the undergraduate Houses projected to be built in Allston. “Do we want them? And secondly can we afford them, and how many?” As the University debates these questions, some Allston residents are criticizing Harvard for buying property in Allston and then letting it sit vacant. Currently, Harvard owns more land on the other side of the river—350 acres in Allston?...
...profit institution with a long-term horizon, Harvard can afford to take relatively low-impact steps to address its budget shortfall. So far, Harvard has not had to follow the lead of the market in issuing a shower of pink slips. However, Harvard is far from immune to the market downturn, and, while we would ideally want to avoid cutbacks altogether, restricting salary increases and new hires is a reasonable decision that will minimize impact to our community, while hopefully helping to ease a significant portion of the $100 million shortfall...