Word: afforded
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...summits. Given the fact that our political system is truly democratic, the premium for obtaining an agreement is much higher for the President than for the Soviet General Secretary." Still, he adds, because "the asymmetries between them and us are so favorable to us in every aspect, we can afford to be patient. The scalingdown of the levels [of atomic warheads] is the most urgent business of SALT...
Episcopalian . . . Once urged the American Bar Association to back establishment of "economy courts"-with the same court-employed lawyer representing both sides . . . Said she: "If we are to give people access to the courts, we must create some tribunal that the general public can afford...
With his salary raised from the majority leader's $52,000 a year to $65,600, Tip has finally persuaded Millie that they can afford a Washington home, and she will join him there. Two daughters are already near by-Rosemary in the State Department and Susan working as a representative for the National Association of Government Employees. Eldest son Thomas P. O'Neill III, 31, is currently tied to Boston: he is Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts...
...Salem, Va., where seven women filed suit in 1972, charging that GE's refusal to grant disability benefits for pregnancy discriminated against female workers and thus violated Title VII. The company maintained that its policy had nothing to do with sex discrimination; GE said it just could not afford a disability insurance plan covering pregnancy...
...proposed Harvard Growth Fund (HGF) could reach potential donors who ordinarily "couldn't afford to part with a great deal of capital," John J. Brown, director of deferred giving, said yesterday...