Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nation's prosperity. Not so, says a top-level presidential committee that has spent 18 months studying the economic impact of the defense program. The committee's first report, issued last week, concludes: "Even general and complete disarmament would pose no insuperable problems; instead, it would mainly afford opportunities for a better life for our citizens...
...your feet in concrete" but to "put the national interest first." Setting the stage for a Taft-Hartley injunction in case all else failed, he read economic reports warning of the "tragic consequences" of a strike, quoted one document from a Defense Department agency claiming that it "could not afford the loss of a single day's production...
...called them. He was in rare form. He flattered both sides, declaring that "Abel is an able fellow and a hard trader, but he has met his match in this fellow Cooper." He assured the industry that, with profits running at an alltime high, it could well afford a reasonable wage boost...
...arrived in London last week from Atlanta on a gambling junket. They had come partly because they had never been to London and partly because, after Las Vegas, London has become the biggest gambling center in the world. So big, in fact, that a few clubs can now afford the Vegas gambit of flying in big gamblers, most expenses paid, and count on making a profit from the money their guests lose...
...sentence. Although American Express is not legally responsible for some $100 million in claims on its subsidiary, it has offered creditors $60 million in addition to a $20 million insurance settlement. Reason: depending heavily on public confidence in its traveler's checks and credit cards, the company cannot afford to give the impression that it is shirking its financial obligations...