Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Primakov himself departed office with a joke and affectionate applause from his Cabinet. But he could afford to smile: by firing him, Russians say, Yeltsin boosted Primakov's chances of being the next President. Aides say Primakov has not yet made up his mind about the future. Yeltsin, however, does not have the luxury of choice. He has to keep fighting, and that is becoming ever harder for him. Despite claims, more often heard in Washington than in Moscow, that "Boris is back" in the driver's seat, his physical health and mental lucidity are often open to question. After...
These days, in the major leagues of philanthropy, nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. And charitable fund raisers are learning that nobody can afford to overlook the rising influence of women. Some, like Schupf, inherited their money, and a growing number earned it. But women in both camps are demanding more attention to their favorite causes and more influence over exactly how their donations are spent. Gone are the days when women's philanthropy referred only to sweet dears who ran the school auction or gussied up for the charity ball...
...what? Where is the harm? What is wrong with rewarding people, poor or not, for a dead relative's organ? True, auctioning off organs in the market so that the poor could not afford to get them would be offensive. But this program does not restrict supply to the rich. It seeks to increase supply...
AFTER HOURS Talk about bad market timing. Just as SEC chairman Arthur Levitt was warning last week about the dangers of online trading, Instinet--the network that lets brokerages and mutual funds trade stocks after the closing bell--said it would soon afford retail investors the same privilege. Before long, sleep-deprived traders in their pajamas should be clicking trades through cyberspace all night long, potentially saving money by having their trades executed faster. Retail investors will still route their trades to Instinet through brokers--online and otherwise--but they'll be able to react to late-breaking news. Both...
...Starbucks efforts to appeal to a broad base of consumers, Wu says that ultimately, he found, "It's an upper-to-middle class joint. People just can't afford $2 for coffee...