Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fire and passion at auctions? Individuals who haunt auction houses faithfully, making that regular pilgrimage to the world of bidding? A wonderful story by L.M Montgomery comes to mind - that of an old man who goes to auctions regularly and buys whatever piece of junk he can afford, as long as he gets to take part in the thrill of auctions (he comes back with a baby one day but that is a whole new story altogether...
...place for low-income folks who can't afford to go to Martha's Vineyard to go," he said. "It meant a lot for me to see if we could make a difference in the environment [where they live...
...addition, the program's small fees--employees enrolling in the program typically pay only 10 percent of the cost of courses--gives many people access to a Harvard education who would not ordinarily be able to afford it, said Assistant Dean of Continuing Education L. Dodge Fernald...
These companies are surviving, and thriving, on word of mouth. Since they can't afford huge advertising spreads in Vogue or prime real estate at big department stores, they vie for the attention of magazine editors, Hollywood stars and other buzzmakers. Drew Barrymore probably did more for Hard Candy's Glitter Eye by wearing it to the 1998 Oscars than Elizabeth Hurley has ever done for Estee Lauder...
...Soviet Union: toxic mud and tepid water. But the Red Army went all the way to Berlin in 1945. It blithely crushed revolts in various satellite countries, moved into Cuba, Africa and Afghanistan. Prussia-Germany? In the old days, only the rich could afford real coffee; the masses had to make do with a blend of burnt barley and chicory. But that stuff took the Wehrmacht to the gates of Moscow and Cairo...