Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Geneva newshawks called what Diplomat Davis said last week his "maiden speech." As the urbane veteran of perhaps 100 diplomatic causeries in the last ten months, Mr. Davis could afford to ignore the implication of naivete. He spoke for the President pointedly thus...
...matter in what other ways the houses which maintain the policy of splendid isolation may develop their individuality they can not afford to ignore this important part of their effective functions as members of the House Plan...
...Would we have been as well off if some one other than Herbert Hoover had been in the White House? His every act and utterance have been instilled with utter consecration to his task, without thought of personal fortune. We cannot afford in times like these to do without the mind, the heart and the seasoned experience and above all the character of Herbert Hoover...
...other man to build up the city of Washington. D. C., and, while I knew him only slightly, and did not know a great deal about the entire situation, nevertheless, I felt that he was a great asset to Washington and that the responsible people of Washington could afford to give him substantial financial assistance even at the risk of losing their money, if they could make it possible to continue his operations. I stated that while I had no property interest in Washington, I was willing to put up $50,000 towards the million dollars I was told that...
...case of the Rockefeller Institute [for Medical Research] After the idea of it was conceived ... we said to my father, 'Here's a great gamble. You may plant one million or five millions and get no crop in the form of medical discovery. The average man cannot afford to put in several million dollars without knowing definitely that there will be tangible results...