Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Three's old defeatist philosophy about selling cars in Japan was to keep the prices high and market the cars as novelties. But last year, when the yen rose sharply against the U.S. dollar, Chrysler and Ford could afford to cut prices sharply. To their surprise, sales of the popular Taurus doubled, and last month the Jeep Cherokee became the first U.S.-made model in Japan to rack up more than 10,000 sales in a year. Clearly the fussy Japanese buyer who demanded a museum-quality body finish is in retreat; in his place is a worker whose income...
...think that we cannot afford to lose Senator Kennedy," she says. "For substantive reasons, I know...
However, the Crimson can't afford to sleepwalk its way to that game, as struggling arch-rival Yale comes into town this Saturday...
Washington can afford to wait a few weeks. IAEA inspectors note that North Korea is finally taking better care of the fuel rods removed from the Yongbyon reactor; they can remain safely in their cooling ponds for several more months under present conditions and much longer if the water quality is improved. Bill Clinton has no interest in encouraging another big international crisis while American troops are deployed in Haiti. But the fear that Pyongyang is just buying time while it builds secret bombs weighs more heavily than ever on many minds in Washington. Clinton will need real results soon...
Small-market franchises, if they lose the salary cap, may very well give up and move or go out of business, because they really can't afford to lose any more money...