Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...note into his hand pleading "Bobby, please run for President" could soften the facts of east Kentucky's poverty or blot out the reality of Appalachia's misery statistics. Some 5,000 of Wolfe County's 6,500 people exist beneath the poverty line, able to afford little more than a dime for each meal; federal food stamps account for half or more of the mountaineers' victuals. "Whenever you get another kid to feed," advised Cliston Johnson, 48, a partially disabled miner struggling to raise 15 children on $60 a month, "just add a little more...
...believe it was a mistake to have become involved in Vietnam in the way that we have, but we cannot afford to look back wistfully at the past. We must address the problem as it exists today...
...musicians have apparently responded to Club 47's call for help. Wellknown musicians have been appearing lately, drawing capacity crowds. The club cannot afford to pay famous performers what they usually earn, so Linardos is paying them whatever he can afford at the moment...
Blanket commitments, of course, are precisely what the U.S. cannot afford at the moment. Our pledge to defend Korea is not a new one, but age is not the test of necessity or desirability. The Koreans are far from defenseless. Their 600,000 man army--according to American propaganda, one of Asia's best--is nearly twice the size of their Northern enemy's. And though Korea depends on U.S. industry for weapons and some supplies, this hardly explains why two U.S. divisions patrol one third the length of the 38th parallel armistice line. The need for greater flexibility...
...instructors at this campus for intimidation, justified by the Committee on grounds that UMass is a public institution, forbids them freedoms allowed their colleagues at private campuses. Such discrimination can only discourage teachers considering UMass and ultimately will hurt the calibre of its faculty. Those students who cannot afford to attend private universities are being dealt educations inferior to those students...