Word: afforded
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...effort being spent on whipping companies into shape, though, there is much less energy going toward addressing the changing nature of foreclosure. HAMP was crafted to deal with the effects of the housing bubble: excessively easy credit let people buy homes they couldn't really afford and often with loans that carried spiking interest rates and payments...
...kids’ movie. The dialogue is packed with ironic jokes and self-referential winks that sail over children of the appropriate age to read Dahl, and while its narrative rarely stagnates (at barely an hour and a half, it can’t afford to), most of the film’s action operates a shade below that of an average episode of “Wallace and Grommit...
...These kids in particular have had wild lives geographically,” Kaufmann said. “But interestingly, the questions these students had were not different from questions all students have about H Harvard—will I fit in? Can I afford to attend?” arvard—will I fit in? Can I afford to attend...
...kind of thing that women not only have a right to obtain, but also that they have a right to obtain regardless of whether they can pay for it. To illustrate the difference, this argument likens abortion to the right to an attorney; if you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you. Contrast this with my right to ride the subway—I certainly am entitled to ride the subway however often and for however long I want, but only provided that I can pay for it. In either case, abortion...
...second challenge to this claim is that it rests on an assumption: If a choice is made based on economic necessity, it is not a real, truly free choice. However, abortion proponents must consider how often women seek abortions because they cannot afford to raise a child. Is this not, too, making a decision based on economic necessity? Does this not, too, deprive a woman of her right to choose not to have an abortion? If the government were to fund abortions, it would also have to offer complete support...