Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...expelling not only cheats but those who have knowledge of cheating and remain silent [Feb. 5]. Those strong enough to expose will be called stool pigeons. The name callers are the same people who would watch a neighbor being beaten and do nothing. The nation can't afford officers too weak to live by a strong moral code...
Devising major modern weapons has become such an expensive business that few nations can afford to get into it alone. Result: many of them in the free world are coming shopping in the U.S. The trend not only saves them a lot of money but creates business for U.S. corporations and helps the U.S. balance of payments problem by partially offsetting the high cost of the American military presence around the world. Last week even Britain put the pressure of escalating defense costs ahead of national pride; the Labor government decided to abandon the development of two military planes...
...Night Walker is a lukewarm bloodbath, but it does afford Veteran Horrorist Barbara Stanwyck a chance to unleash her hysteria as of yore...
...provides players with a processed cork court (similar to grass, but a good bit slower and more springy), spectators with a 50-ft.-long, glass-enclosed lounge, and both with the prestige of a former Davis Cup star, Vic Seixas, for vice president. Boston's clubs, all private, afford all manner of excellent courts, ranging from the green composition (at the Brookline Country Club) to cork (Longwood) to clay (Dedham Country and Polo Club). The best setup of all: the three composition courts, sheltered by a translucent, plastic Quonset hood, opened last fall at Harvard...
...fringes of growing cities has risen anywhere from 100% to 2,000% in the past ten years. With freeways opening up exurban spaces, land development is not only spreading farther from downtown but growing in scale. The old-style developer, rich in imagination but thinly financed, can scarcely afford to participate today, at least not without wealthy partners. As long as the tax rules make real estate an enticing way to cash in on the population boom, more and more well-heeled corporations are likely to take the plunge...