Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...moment of extraordinary soul-searching for the Illinois justice system. Earlier this month Anthony Porter, who has an IQ of 51, was freed from death row after serving 16 years for a double murder he did not commit. At the time of his trial, Porter could not afford an investigator to work on his case, and his lawyer called a grand total of three defense witnesses. Porter was freed when a Northwestern University journalism class investigated his case and obtained a confession from another man. A key prosecution witness, who later recanted, now says police threatened him into testifying against...
Sensible people would sign this agreement. The 81-page peace document on the table in Paris may not satisfy the full ambitions of either side in the Kosovo struggle, but it offers advantages all around. While it doesn't give the Albanian Kosovars the independence they crave, it would afford them three years of breathing room under international protection to practice being a state. After that, they could come back to negotiate or fight for full freedom from Serb rule. While Slobodan Milosevic would have to swallow Kosovar autonomy and NATO peacekeepers inside his territory, he'd get out from...
...think that Harvard needs to renegotiate a contract with Microsoft because not everyone can afford to buy the software and not everyone wants to pirate it, and I think that for $30,000 a year we deserve to be able to use programs that Harvard can pay for," said Ziad Obermeyer...
...think that Harvard needs to renegotiate a contract with Microsoft because not everyone can afford to buy the software and not everyone wants to pirate it, and I think that for $30,000 a year we deserve to be able to use programs that Harvard can pay for," said Ziad Obermeyer...
...more expensive land closer to town. That can mean higher home prices, so the single mother who manages a doctor's office or the couple who make $38,000 a year must choose between a tiny apartment close to work and a 90-min. commute to housing they can afford...