Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...specific case of the Fly Club property, we doubt that provisions to lower the allowable F.A.R. [floor-to-area ratio] to 0.75 from 1.75 encourage the preservation of a valued and (potentially historic building) that we can scarcely afford to maintain," states the letter, written by Fly Club Trustee Richard J. Lyman...
...midst of the explosion of information, knowledge and complex challenges facing us, the American university cannot afford the luxury of transforming its first two years of instruction to meet the woeful inadequacies of our public school system. We cannot afford to relegate 50% of the university's time and resources to remedial work . . . The universities in two years cannot do justice to twelve years of neglect in learning. We are our high schools' keepers. The nation must take preventive measures to reform, strengthen and in some instances rescue our high school system...
...home, thereby easing the time crunch for the whole family. But it is almost never that easy. After 20 years of studying women and stress, Wellesley College researcher Rosalind Barnett has found that alcoholism and depression in women are less frequent among those who work. Nor could most families afford to have one spouse give up working. And the American economy could not stand the hemorrhage of so much talent from its work force...
...worse comes to worse, "We will keep oil for domestic utilities" in Saudi Arabia, he says. Since fusion technology would probably be incredibly inexpensive, it would benefit underdeveloped countries who now cannot afford enough oil, the embassy representative adds...
...times, Harvard comes to the table saying, `We're a non-profit organization, and we can't afford such expenses,'" Bozzotto says, adding that non-profit is merely "paper-status" for the University...