Word: affording
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...urged him to run for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, Son-Secretary James Roosevelt last week replied: No, thank you. He spoke of a "desire, through study and experience, to develop further my knowledge of governmental affairs before considering the possibility of elective office. I hope that the future will afford me an opportunity to complete my studies at first hand and to offer my contribution to the welfare of my fellow citizens...
...weather, but from hazards of landing when the destination has been reached. FORTUNE reports that some airmen therefore hope that universal application of a workable blind-landing system would increase commercial air traffic as much as 500%. Reasons why this development has not yet been made: Airlines cannot afford field equipment ($25,000 to $40,000 per field); the Bureau of Air Commerce is authorized by the Air Commerce Act of 1926 to spend Government money for beacons and beams between airports but not at airports. If Congress makes a happy landing with some such legislation as the Hildebrandt Bill...
...because of Harvard's Jaissez-faire attitude toward the student, it would be a mistake for the Council to attempt to discipline his private affairs. Harvard is too much a place for individualized learning to favor such practical training in citizenship as the ideal student council is supposed to afford. For students in those colleges which impose strict regulations upon undergraduate life, it is right that they have a loud voice in forming and administering their own codes. But this, we hope, will never be necessary at Harvard, and therefore the Council's function should be to keep...
...gambling. Though they were voluble concerning the moral aspects of gambling, the ministers were unable to explain why gambling, any more than prostitution, should be specifically unconstitutional. Roman Catholics kept mum. Their tidy attitude on this question is that gambling is licit if: 1) the gamer owns and can afford to lose what he wagers; 2) he acts of his own free will; 3) there is no fraud; 4) there is equality among the parties to the game. By no means all bingo games or lotteries fulfill these conditions...
...have launched their careers there. European opera houses will occasionally take on a U. S. student for odd jobs. Second-rate European orchestras can usually be hired for concerts. But hiring a loo-man orchestra to practice on is a luxury that only a very liberally financed maestro can afford...