Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Today Cinecittà stands half darkened, and la vita, even for the increasing few who can afford indulgences, is measurably less dolce. There is no dearth of luxurious living at many of the traditional haunts of wealth-from the shim mering playgrounds of Sardinia's Costa Smeralda to Rome's exclusive men's club, Circolo della Caccia, where last week as usual the preluncheon aperitifs were being served by waiters dressed in white stockings, blue knee breeches and silver-buttoned coats...
...fight that many environmental groups seem to relish, the Conservancy attempts to work with large land-holding corporations, identifying unused but ecologically valuable lands. Then it hammers out arrangements that make it worthwhile for a company either to donate them or sell them at a price the organization can afford to pay. "We don't belabor businessmen with their past sins," explains Conservancy President Patrick Noonan. "What we talk about instead is the parts of the environment they can help save." Business men seem impressed by this combination of philanthropy and sound finance; the Conservancy...
...Navy). The grounds of the naval training center now look more like a college campus than a military base, with many sailors sporting blue denims. The hefty pay raises (a seaman E-3 makes $460 monthly in base pay, compared with $99 in 1958) mean that most sailors can afford apartments in San Diego. Petty Officer Third Class Anthony Moseby, 23, for one, can. This means that each weekday morning he is up near dawn in his beach apartment, dons his jeans, sweater and tennis shoes and drives to the base. Aboard his ship, at the bunk assigned...
...initial stages of construction, and attempt to restore the site to its natural state. Seabrook has great personal importance for me. It is a vision of people living in safety, health and freedom. It is a chance to assert that vision through action. Seabrook is a way to afford the fear that we must afford...
...afford to be just afraid any more