Word: affords
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...dawn NFL marathon, not Randy Moss' tattoos and definitely not success. Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Matt Birk '98 has grown satisfyingly accustomed to these things--especially the last. Having won 24 of his last 27 football games dating back to Harvard's 1997 Ivy League Championship season, Birk can afford...
Rice, who is responsible for all aspects of U.S. policy on Africa as special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs, said, "The U.S. can hardly afford to ignore any emerging market or Africa's 700 million consumers...
...clever science isn't necessarily popular science, and Terminator has made a lot of enemies, particularly in the developing world. The USDA and Delta and Pine Land have filed Terminator patent applications in dozens of countries. In many of those countries farmers can't afford to buy top-of-the-line seeds every year and must rely on saving a portion of each crop in order to plant their fields the following year. Monsanto insists that weak patent protection in many of these countries makes a technology like Terminator especially important. But that argument carries little weight in parts...
...grew up in Queens, N.Y., first made his mark on the world by building Trans Continental Airlines, which leases jets to such celebrities as Michael Jackson and Madonna. In the early '90s, when New Kids rented one of his planes, Pearlman was surprised that a kiddie pop group could afford it. When his cousin Art Garfunkel explained that an act like New Kids could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, the seeds of Trans Continental Entertainment were planted...
...piece on PBS's program about music along the Mississippi River [TELEVISION, Jan. 11]. However, we do not play just for "spare change," as your story stated. We want your money, honey! Throw us a dollar or throw us a five; help keep us alive! Or if you can afford plenty, give us a 20! We are winners of awards in New Orleans. Also, we play fairs and festivals all over the world. And here you can't even get coffee for spare change anymore. DAVID LEONARD AND ROSELYN LIONHART New Orleans...