Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seriously believes that $270 billion can be pruned from Medicare through efficiency alone. If that--or anything close to it--is the goal, it will require reforms from all the categories discussed above. It is fair to ask seniors who can afford it to pay a bit more for what will remain a very sweet deal. It makes sense to move seniors into managed care, along with the rest of the country, and managed competition is the least coercive and most efficient way to do that--provided the politicians are honest about what is going on. And it is worth...
...former detective. So far, they haven't. "They should move away from Fuhrman and, frankly, it is surprising to me that they've indicated that they are just not going to do that. This could be the worst mistake of the trial. Apparently, the prosecution believes they can't afford to lose Fuhrman. It may be fatal to their case...
...private or government-sponsored. In either case, there is a white (or male) "victim." A white student cannot qualify for an Oseola McCarty scholarship because it is restricted exclusively to blacks. Since the premise of the scholarship is that it makes college possible for those who otherwise could not afford it, that white person will lose an opportunity to attend the University of Southern Mississippi simply because of his or her race. The decision to exclude whites from this opportunity may be "voluntary" for McCarty, but it is not voluntary for the whites who are thus excluded...
...Japan gaining on us day by day. Although I agree with Krauthammer's goals, the methods he recommends are totally outdated. China must continue to liberalize. With its growing economy, it will be forced to satisfy the cravings of its people for more freedom. We Americans can no longer afford to play the role of world arbiter. The costs of the cold war have already ruined us. Let's not start another round of armchair geopolitics. YVES LIEOU Longmeadow, Massachusetts...
...scene changes on the set of The Stupids, which is currently filming in Toronto. As well he might be. On July 22, Arnold, 36, married Julie Champnella, a 22-year-old senior at CalState-Northridge. And with his asking price soaring to $4 million a picture, Arnold can easily afford the sprawling, Mediterranean-style home on 20 acres in the Agoura Hills section of Los Angeles that has just become the new couple's new abode...