Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...upon developers, homeowners and Negroes alike will open many doors. For the first time by federal law, a Negro in the U.S. is as entitled as any white-or more accurately, four-fifths as entitled-to buy or rent any house or apartment that he can afford...
Sadly, the performance of American diplomats anxious to end wars in this century is replete with subsequently catastrophic evasion and procrastination. Southeast Asia--and, more important, the United States--cannot now afford such a cavalier attitude toward the task of extracting a durable peace from the rubble...
UNDER the pressure of encompassing the world's news within weekly deadlines, TIME'S editors can rarely afford the luxury of reflecting on the results of the stories they worked on last week or last month. But often we receive letters and calls from individuals and corporations whose lives have been changed by a TIME story. While many of these effects are on a rather large scale, we are fascinated by what we hear from people who were involved in smaller stories...
...labels of slum dweller, minority-group member, school dropout, unsuccessful employee and law violator. Stripped of selfesteem, this loser compensates by hating and hurting life's winners. And the U.S. criminal-justice system all too often reinforces his contempt for society's values. If the suspect cannot afford a skilled lawyer, he is pressured to plead guilty without a trial. For the same crime, different judges hand out wildly disparate sentences...
...geometrically progressive explosion. Divorces, housing problems, job denials, welfare claims-all such relatively tiny disputes would entitle the principals to legal representation. Now, even with the OEO law offices that have sprouted around the country, most such cases never enter the legal process at all unless the disputant can afford a lawyer or has a claim that seems likely to establish a precedent...