Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...part-time coach would suffice, one who would be willing to give up the requisite four to six solid weekends during the season, plus a week during the Christmas recess. He would not be paid very much, for the team can afford only to cover his expenses. What the team seeks is a coach who can handle a bit of the organization, inspire his team, and spot flaws in style. He need not necessarily be an excellent skier in his own right, but he should be a good teacher...
This action was extremely unfortunate, and narrow-sighted, for even if Harvard cannot afford to maintain a strong geography department, comprehensive courses should be offered in the field. As a graduate committee organized in 1948 pointed out, geographic training and advice is needed in nine other fields, including history, economics, and anthropology. The committee thought geography "the first essential basis of any area study," and many at Harvard are engaged in regional studies...
...weirder they are, the more noticeable the advertisement that the owner can afford a brand...
...existence," says the report, the U.S. "must abandon the false hope that collective-security costs are temporary." And "economic development is-in the long run-as important to the collective security of the free world as the military measures we have taken." But, while the U.S. "can afford the essential programs of foreign assistance which our national interest requires," it must balance foreign aid against other demands upon the economy, should aim toward cutbacks in future years...
...Diego meeting realized that missiles will soon replace aircraft as prime consumers of taxpayers' funds. For forward-looking space-flight workers that is already history. Next step beyond missiles is true space navigation, and no manufacturer who wants to stay on the Government's contract list can afford to neglect it. So practically every outfit even remotely connected with aircraft or missiles was represented at San Diego, and trying hard to look as space-minded as possible...