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Word: afforded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prostitute its value in order to gain the status and levels of achievement which you assume all Blacks at Harvard to be desirous of. Professor Kilson, I for one am too proud to kiss anyone's behind, regardless of what ends (no pun intended) such action might afford me. However, your very argument as to what is preventing the Black student body from achieving what it should is ludicrous. You say that we are held back by holding on to one another. Funny, sir, but you and Shockley see eye to eye on this point, along with the South Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Response to Kilson | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

...Ricans feel about living in the U.S. Indeed, after two decades of steadily rising immigration, the trend in recent years has been in the opposite direction-back to Puerto Rico. On any night, airliners buzz over the Statue of Liberty filled with returning or visiting Puerto Ricans who can afford the $87 fare. At Christmas, there is a two-month waiting list for night-flight seats to San Juan. Successful Puerto Ricans often prefer to export their new affluence. Says John Torres, head of the Metropolitan Spanish Merchants Association in The Bronx: "We don't vote enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NEW YORK | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

...argument against Nestle is that the company's marketing techniques for baby formula in the Third World discourage mothers from breast-feeding. Because the formula has to be mixed with local water, it increases chances for disease; and as many mothers can not afford the recommended quantities of formula, it gets diluted and the babies become malnourished...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: A Chocolate Mess | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

...right-wing rhetoric, the proposals contained in the author's "New Homestead" border on the pinko. He believes in Metropolitan government, re-investment in the inner city, and health care for all who can't afford it (although not paid for by the government--figure that...

Author: By Jon Alter, | Title: Harvard Hates LeBoutillier | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

Today's game is the first of six consecutive Ivy League showdowns for the Crimson and after an opening day loss to Columbia, Harvard cannot afford to be upset again. "We just have to win every game," says Restic, "because I don't see anyone taking Yale for quite a stetch and it just might come down to our game...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Ivy Rivalries Resume as Cornell Enters Stadium | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

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