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Word: affords (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mother, who could barely afford to support her two children, worked full time as a maid. Jackson once described how she used to go to work with runs in her stockings in order to buy Jackson and his brother matching socks, so that they would not have to suffer the snickers of their school classmates...

Author: By Jesse Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Always in the Spotlight, Jackson Does Politics His Own Way | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...Most people are not black or brown; they are white, female, and young...Most poor people are not on welfare; they work everyday. They catch the early bus. They sweep the floors. They clean our soiled sheets when we get sick. And when they get sick, they can't afford to sleep in the beds which they have made," Jackson said...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rev. Jesse Jackson Offers Spirited Words at Kennedy School Class Day | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...Most people are not black or brown; they are white, female, and young....Most poor people are not on welfare; they work everyday. They catch the early bus. They sweep the floors. They clean our soiled sheets when we get sick. And when they get sick, they can't afford to sleep in the beds which they have made," Jackson said...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks Spirited Words at Kennedy School Class Day | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...city wondered out loud whether they could afford another non-taxable development and "its attendant costs like traffic, parking and police protection," according to a Crimson article from the time...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Counterculture City Catered to College Students | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...city wondered out loud whether they could afford another non-taxable development and "its attendant costs like traffic, parking and police protection," according to a Crimson article from the time...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The City & Region | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

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