Word: affords
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Beloved of capitalists and kings are the works of Antoine Watteau. Few others can afford them. Of about 200 Watteau paintings in the world, three U. S. museums have been able to acquire one apiece.* Last week the fourth and one of the finest was a Christmas present to the Cleveland Museum of Art from rich Commodore Louis D. Beaumont, vice president of the May Department Stores...
Last week Dr. Flanagan reported that he had proved definitely that college graduates are no less capable of producing children than other groups. But most of his group, whose median salary was more than $5,000, believed they could not afford to have as many children as they wanted. Chief reason: the high cost of educating their children. No nest egg for college, no children...
...turning point in Harvard history, the organization of a Department of Architectural Science for next year is hardly less important. Now, as then, the College is responding to one of the nation's greatest needs--better building and better housing. The purpose of this new field to "afford an organized survey of the general knowledge underlying the architectural professions and a specific training in those habits ... essential to success in these professions" embraces more than just technical instruction; it is intended to give all, whether they be architects or not, the basic concepts of better living conditions...
...declared that the decree laws were "unacceptable as written." Particularly unacceptable to Leader Jouhaux was the decree extending the work week from 40 to 45 hours in war industries. French labor had won the 40-hour week from Leon Blum's Popular Front Government. Leader Jouhaux could not afford to lose it, even in one group of industries, without a fight...
...eyes of libertarians, who sniffed at the idea that T. C. (current budget: $3,865,000) could not afford this experiment, New College was to be liquidated for too keen an interest in contemporary social problems. Teachers and students also charged that Dean Russell had consulted only his trustees and administrative officers, undemocratically ignored the faculty...