Word: afforded
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...overestimates the rationality of Egypt's Dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom the British consider utterly reckless and untrustworthy. But both the Prime Minister and the President recognized, as Macmillan said, that Britain and the U.S. need each other's friendship and support, and cannot afford to let misunderstandings...
...inconclusive year, there are no front lines, no territorial objectives, no general rules to restrain belligerents-only a war of repression and attrition. Result: a sentiment d'inquieétude spreading through France, based on the growing realization that while the Algerian struggle is one the French cannot afford to lose, it is also probably one they cannot win. Also spreading is the feeling that the 380,000-man French army in Algeria, reduced to waging a gloryless police action, is using cruel and cynical methods in totting up its weekly bag of rebels killed...
...encounter the problem of segregated schools, as those states not yet abiding by the Supreme Court decision are in the greatest need of educational improvement. The Powell amendment is an unnecessarily antagonistic approach. It should arouse the same southern opposition which killed the bill's predecessor. While Congress cannot afford to assent tacitly to continued segregation, it should not attempt to duplicate the role of the Justice Department in bringing about integration...
Politico-Religious. Shrewd, tough, fiftyish General Le Van Vien is one man who could well afford to regard the lifting of a few million francs' worth of uninsured gems as petty thievery. Not long ago he ruled supreme as czar of the underworld in French Indo-China. The sixth son of a rural outlaw who built a modest fortune on stolen water buffalo, Le Van Vien showed early promise of becoming a successful chip off the old block. In the early days of the Sino-Japanese War he left home to fight with Chiang Kai-shek's armies...
Under oath before SEC, Silberstein angrily denied any personal profit, said that his operations are perfectly legal methods of buying stock without paying more cash than Penn-Texas can afford. The stock, said he, was bought through the web of intermediaries to 1) avoid pushing the open-market price higher, and 2) get it from sources who would sell it on credit or agree to later delivery and payment. Despite the high premiums, said Silberstein, Penn-Texas bought Fairbanks, Morse stock (now about $57) at an average $52 a share...