Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...damages, claiming that the Brown decision had never been put into practice in Topeka and that she was receiving an inferior education. Blacks maintain that the Topeka system permits whites to flee second-rate schools in the inner city, leaving behind lower-income nonwhites who cannot afford to travel long distances to classes...
...week in New York City, the glitterati got together to help buy bulletproof vests for the city's police. The vests are needed-in the past twelve months, six officers have been shot to death in the line of duty-but the financially strapped city claims it cannot afford them...
PORTUGAL. YOU CAN AFFORD IT IN PORTUGAL, according to the travel ads. Depending on the it, é verdade! It's true. In the past five years, the escudo has been devalued against the dollar by nearly 90%, making Portugal Europe's greatest tourist bargain for Americans. Escudos apart, the Indiana-size country has always been one of the Continent's most charming retreats, with diversions that include sophisticated casinos and primitive villages, superb beaches, great architecture, hearty meals and good wine...
...time when its services are needed more urgently than ever. To guide its foreign policy, to help its friends and restrain its foes, the U.S. must have adequate intelligence from those areas of the world where information is suppressed, confused or conflicting. The nation cannot afford to be caught off guard by sudden hostilities in the festering arc of crisis or in the vast arenas of Asia where Communist giants collide. With weapons technology advancing more rapidly than ever, the U.S. must keep abreast of the latest Soviet developments, since an undetected Russian breakthrough could jeopardize the ever fragile balance...
...Brown has a strong offensive team and you just can't afford to make mistakes against them," (Larry) Brown said yesterday. "I lost my concentration there in the seventh inning. That was my mistake...