Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...large proportion of her limited economic resources must now be directed towards defense, so India's two alternatives are either "slowing down the pace of economic development or forcing the country to take on the extra burden of defense." The country cannot afford to slow down its rate of growth, he said, so China is "out to destroy the Indian way of life by fomenting discontent...
...undergraduate artist. It is almost impossible to work seriously in one's own room in a Harvard house. Some students rent studios. Others manage to live off-campus. A few simply leave the University. But the student who wants to stay at Harvard and cannot find or afford outside quarters is out of luck...
...sure that he sees that in the long run France can't afford an independent nuclear system," Hoffman said. "He visualizes the French atomic force as the embryo of a force for all of Europe, a Europe that has shaken off its complete dependence on the United States and for which France is the spokesman...
...parents' farm near Wuppertal, Rolf spoke ruefully of his Washington experience, said that he "had no idea what was going on behind my back. It's a case of a woman who falls for the temptation of a sweet life her husband can't afford...
...part bounder, part victim, part humble appraiser of how badly he has played the hand that life has chosen to deal him. Blessed or not, Scott seems to say, the poor in spirit will never inherit the earth. But, possessed of the fewest illusions about themselves, they alone can afford to view the world with pure compassion...