Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When you've garnered a net worth of $7 billion, a 12-million-strong customer base and the success story of the '90s, you'd think you could afford to act mean to the other guy once in a while. Not Jeff Bezos. Rather than leaning Gates-like on his competitors, Amazon.com's entrepreneur extraordinaire last week issued them all invites to his party...
...because of all he'd invested in the new store, Barsamian could no longer afford to keep either store running, though he said his Mass. Ave. location attracted between 8,000 and 10,000 customers per week...
...country that has 52 nuclear plants and gets one third of its energy from nuclear power can't afford to be lax, but Japan's industry has been plagued by accidents, plant shutdowns, leaks and repeated attempts to cover things up," says TIME Tokyo bureau chief Tim Larimer. "Although the earlier incidents provoked a major shakeup in the administration of Japan's nuclear regulatory agencies, they still seem to escape adequate scrutiny." Obuchi has plenty of incentive to be perceived as getting tough ? he wants a public whose confidence in nuclear safety has been considerably diminished to accept the building...
...Democrats blame the majority and ride the populist patients-rights sentiment all the way to the 2000 polls. Either way, expect somethingto be ready for the Senate?s consideration by the close of debate on Thursday. After the summer he?s had, the last thing Hastert can afford to do is nothing...
...Boston; 266-2661; Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a break from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday extra hours 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; walk-in service). Get a facial and a manicure now that you can afford them ($5 each). Braiding BYOH (bring your own hair); call for rates. All services done by aspiring students-hopefully they've been doing their reading. The prices edge out La Flamme...