Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...security. Though their Daniels house had minimal facilities (no hot running water), the Overingtons had taken pains with the painting and papering and were convinced that they would live there the rest of their lives. Last week they moved to a $75-a-month apartment which they can ill-afford...
...retained powerful friends in the Vietnamese armed forces-an entourage rated strong enough to overthrow Thieu if it ever came to a showdown. But with Tet and the harrowing onslaught against the Saigon government, the U.S., for the sake of preserving unity in the crisis, could no longer afford to balance between Thieu and Ky. Washington threw its support squarely behind Thieu, and Ky felt left...
...contardictorily espouse support for a student's democratic utopia also, in which the individual may decide his own social regulations. For Harvard to permit as many students who wish to live off campus to do so, for example, would be detrimental to Cambridge families who are least able to afford the rent-competition...
Since the Center lacks "free" funds which would allow it to initiate projects independently, it must work in the areas specified by paying clients. A less explicit pressure is the Center's need to avoid alienating the sources of grant money. The Center cannot "afford" to tamper with, say, black community schools or business organizations...
...hours spent on the assembly line and in enduring the highest national cost of living. Though he made less money several years ago, Citroen Worker Pierino Fausti, a bachelor, says he used to be able to go to the local dances and meet girls whom he could then afford to seduce in the grand and proper French style. "Well, I can't any more. Now, it's no drinks, no food, no coffee, just straight...