Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Color in daily journalism is not new. The Milwaukee Journal first used run-of-press color in 1891. But such color remained a prohibitively expensive rarity until after World War II, when technical improvements in the process brought costs down to a level that newspapers-and newspaper advertisers-could afford...
...based on "the intangible benefits and institutional imperatives" of the situation. Lawrence B. Ekpebu '60 stressed the fact that "both in the founding and growth of the organization, Harvard has played a unique role." He emphasized the College's important position in the country and added "we cannot afford not to be members of the nation's only student organization...
...historically been a heavy loser. But eight months ago, as part of a campaign called "Operation Embarrassment," French Finance Minister Antoine Pinay opened the nation's previously secret tax records to public scrutiny, was soon inundated by anonymous letters from citizens who wondered how their neighbors could afford a new car on an income of $600 a year. Last week came the payoff: picking up their evening papers, three French businessmen and an elderly widow found themselves the subjects of headline stories branding them as consistent tax evaders...
...scraps, Stevens has had only one accident-a torn fingernail. Darren (Mike Hammer) McGavin has also had only one accident: a broken rib. Still, the producers prefer the standard technique of organizing camera angles so that stunt men can take over. (The stunt men get paid well; they can afford an occasional puffed lip.) The heroes must survive, pressed, currycombed and unscrambled.' for next week's case...
Filtered Down. In Hong Kong, taken to court by his wife for not making his $10-a-month support payments. Ng Kin-Cheung complained that he could not afford them because he had a concubine and eight children to support, and bought cigarettes with what money was left, was ordered by the judge to cut down on smoking...