Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while a college student can afford to groan at such attempts at humor, The Real Freshman Handbook provides an entertaining guide for the future first-year. It just might make the transition from home to dorm a bit easier...
...Usually I say it's a long flight, but the reality is they can't afford it," says the junior, who lives in the Los Angeles area...
Sixty years ago, working-class day students commuted daily by subway from Charlestown, Boston and surrounding areas, unable to afford suites in Harvard's recently built undergraduate Houses. Labeled "meatballs" or "untouchables," they lived separate existences from wealthier students...
There is plenty of irony in this on both sides. Even as White House aides celebrated their tactical victory in the scuffle over the gas tax, Clinton admitted he would consider repealing it. The rapid-response game is working so well for him that he can afford to concede Dole the substantive points and still come out ahead politically. Which means that even if Dole can lay out an agenda that voters might crave, it won't matter if he can't get it to the table while it's still...
...decision marks the resolution of an important debate within the Pentagon over whether the U.S. can afford to sacrifice its mines. Both the risks and the significance of that outcome were underscored last week when a major U.N. conference on mines ended with minimal achievements. The conference made it clear that the world will be awash in mines for a long time to come, leaving the U.S. at a potential disadvantage; but it was also evident that to push a prohibition forward, a moral gesture by the U.S. may be necessary...