Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shah vs. the Shi'ites" [June 5]: I must state that the people of Iran can surely afford full political freedom. Those ruthless troublemakers causing the current riots are the puppets of the Mullahs and those rich guys who were badly upset by the land reforms of the white revolution...
...years--you've only got three choices, none of which is going to earn you a place in the dietician's Hall of Fame: Harvard food (which if you're smart, you don't want to eat); restaurant food (which if you're smart, you know you can't afford); and fast food (which if you're both poor and smart, you will approach with extreme caution as the least of three extraordinary evils.) With that in mind, and with a case of Bromo Seltzer in tow, you'll probably want to set out on a tour of the Square...
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...Unable to pay his $220 rent out of the $164 a week that he takes home working five days as a New York City doorman, Benny Lescher now puts in a sixth day as an elevator starter. Charles Ogasapain, owner of the Arlington Candy Co. in Woburn, Mass., cannot afford additional help, because rising costs of labor and materials are chewing up his profits. So he works twelve hours a day himself. Cynthia Bako could not earn enough as a waitress in Portland, Ore., to put herself through college, so she joined the Army to get free courses in electronics...
...Detroit auto worker, has taken a part-time job as a housekeeper; her mother makes most of the clothes for the couple's two children, and Mary takes the kids to Sunday movie matinees (tickets: $1 each) to make up for the vacations the family can no longer afford...