Word: affordably
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...rapidly growing attrition of customers. As a reaction, carriers are taking planes out of service as quickly as possible and letting go as many pilots, stewardesses, and mechanics as they can. People who do not want to fly can join those who do in not being able to afford it. (See pictures of the plane that also drives...
...medical providers, the latter of which he will probably do as early as next week. But they also presumed Obama would handle and communicate these weighty decisions with a delicate touch, and in that respect, the President has disappointed the crucial voting bloc. It's something Obama can ill afford, especially at time when his Administration is under constant fire from a determined group of conservative Catholics. (See new fronts in the abortion battle...
...reduce abortion rates. "When he said that abortion should be 'safe, legal and rare,' we all believed him," railed then Commonweal editor Margaret Steinfels after Clinton vetoed a ban on so-called partial-birth abortions. Right now, Obama is surfing impressively high approval ratings. But he can't afford to alienate those liberal and moderate Catholics who could defend him when times get tough...
...angry manifesto against machine-made matzo, while his brother-in-law, Rabbi Joseph Saul Nathanson, published a defense. Jewish communities around the world weighed in on the issue - arguing that handmade matzo provided kneading jobs for the poor; that the machine made matzo cheap enough that poor people could afford it; that the mitzvah, or good deed, of eating matzo was ruined if a machine was used; that the machine made it easier to abide by the 18-minute rule. These discussions were not resolved quickly - and in some Orthodox communities...
...Indeed, as China's policymakers were preparing their reform plans, Beijing newspapers detailed the story of a group of kidney disease patients from around the country. Unable to afford the cost of treatment on their own, they banded together to purchase used dialysis machines that they operated themselves in a residence in the capital's suburbs. The publicity drove local authorities to shut down the illegal clinic. While the patients were offered free treatment at local hospitals, for some it was hardly a relief. One patient named Chen Bingzhi told the Beijing News, "We're afraid that after...