Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...students would think I'd made it up. It's the kind of piece-along with the accompanying report on the CFIA-that one is ordinarily inclined to ignore, if only out of consideration for the author. Yet I don't think any of us here at Harvard can afford to ignore this kind of intellectual and moral atrocity in these times. Too much is at stake, and too many are ready to interpret silence as tacit sanction. The effect, if not the aim, of Mr. Hyland's writing is to soften up his readers for other assaults...
...group's field manager, who drives to the area to be canvassed, told us one night that she had just "written an order" -the euphemism for "sold" -for a family which she was convinced did not want and could not afford the books. But they were psychologically trapped by the commitments and did not back...
...Maris, Yale is referring to Joe Massey and Don Martin as its M and M boys. Ingenious. Cornell's M boy, Ed Marinaro, is also pretty good. The big thing here is, can Cornell's great rushing attack overcome Yale's great defense against rushing? Neither team can afford to lose. The Big Red is coming fast, and it would be nice to have Yale's long unbeaten streak of Ivy games end, but Yale, playing in the Bowl, looks like the winner, 28-17. Word is that the halftime show is going to be a thriller, too. Bri Dowling...
...hunting days are over because of legal hazards. "The hunting laws became so strict," he says, "that I finally decided I was taking a chance of breaking some laws any time I went hunting." Without a trace of irony, he adds: "And you know a judge can't afford to take chances...
...even an ingenious array of glass tubes that waters indoor plants while a householder is away: Such an exhibit would have stirred little interest among major companies a few years ago, but this display attracted representatives of some of the nation's largest firms; they could not afford to stay away...