Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...United States could well afford to take the lead in asking for a general conference ... to determine what can be done to restore the purchasing power of that half of the world's inhabitants who are on a silver basis...
...little bird told me that the Premier was host to all the delegates, not only for their accommodation and meals, but for the special train itself which bore them from Quebec to Ottawa. Perhaps this is the first time Canada has ever had a Prime Minister who could afford such a gracious gesture...
...arches treated Author Beach was amazed to learn what thousands of persons from all parts of Canada and the U. S. knew about Dr. Locke; that he treats from 800 to 1,000 a day for rheumatism, arthritis, sciatica, neuritis; that he charges $1 to those who can afford it; that his treatments, consisting solely of manipulation of the feet, last about 20 sec. each. Impressed, Author Beach wrote an article on "The Pain Killer" which appeared in the August Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan (circulation 1,700,000) with photographs of Dr. Locke, his clinic, his strong hands. Seventeen...
...before has been so clear that no country or group of countries in the world can isolate themselves from the fortunes of the rest. . . . Whatever may be the position at a later period, at the present time we in the British Empire, inevitably depend on world prices and can afford to do nothing which might react adversely on world confidence and so check the recovery of world prices...
...latter seven units will particularly excite the curiosity of the reunion visitors. The sight of panelled rooms, with private study and bath, telephone and shower; dining halls, and well-stocked libraries, prompts inevitably the liturgical refrain, "Why, when I was in college," and perhaps the queries: can the undergraduate afford this luxury? and has this House Plan benefited...