Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...however, still favors the idea of reviews, as it believes they constitute a desirable part of the educational system and fill a gap not previously covered by the University. It also feels that reviews help to correlate course material. Supplementing this belief is the knowledge that many unable to afford the prices charged by the tutoring schools would be glad to take advantage of free reviews...
...Conductor Mannes has never ceased to boast that he "landed in the most beautiful building in the world." The son of a Polish furniture dealer, he was born 70 years ago in New York City. He was too poor to go to school more than four years, or to afford regular music lessons. From 13 onward, he fiddled at parties, skating rinks, theatres, a waxworks museum, learned English when he played for nothing at the old Union Square Theatre. He was still a boy when he met Violinist John Douglas, the talented son of a Negro slave who had studied...
...crux of the matter is that the normal undergraduate is lazy and if, for one reason or another, he can afford to let the tutoring school do his work for him, he probably will. As long as the net educational result is the same in either case, he should by all means be allowed this opportunity. Most of those utilizing the schools are probably not affected one way or the other, but a certain percentage of the college is entirely dependent on them. These men fail to take advantage of the opportunities offered them and abuse the freedom which should...
...that "The Committee felt that a multiplicity of clubs tended toward mechanization. . . . It was1 felt that . . . players should not buy their shots in the professional's shop. . . ." Corollary reasons were: 1) relief to caddies; 2) reduction of delays in play; 3) equalizing conditions between players who can afford an unlimited supply of clubs and those who cannot...
...Cornell's performance, spectators found it in her customary grand manner. In a sarong and dark makeup, she was perfectly at home in another of her bravura roles which please her devotees best and which have led her privately to observe that an actress of her stature cannot afford to appear in a good play...