Word: affords
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Experts at the College Board maintain a formula officially known as the Institutional Methodology, but commonly referred to as the IM, which is the basis for figuring out how much money a family can afford to put towards a college education...
...After days of stonewalling, Benjamin Netanyahu suddenly pushed approval of the Wye agreement through his cabinet late Wednesday, following a Tuesday night phone call from President Clinton. "It certainly helped that the Americans are poised to bomb Iraq," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "The Israelis couldn't afford to be the reason that Washington was being given a hard time from Arab countries over action against Saddam...
...euro could hinder their exports, while higher interest rates and slower growth in the U.S. would deprive the world economy of its most dynamic engine. "We all need to see the U.S. growing," says Jean-Pierre Hellebuyck, European equity strategist at insurance group AXA Asset Management. "Europeans can't afford to see the collapse of the dollar...
Parental demand for early learning has grown steadily in recent years--as has the cost. Well-off families can usually afford the pricey tuition of private preschool, and the poor are eligible for aid in the form of Head Start, the federally funded preschool program. But middle-class families like the Morreales have traditionally been left...
...thus far relied on funds generated by its state lottery and, like New York, partnered with private preschools to provide more teachers and classrooms. But in New York City, where there is a shortage of school buildings, some educators think pre-K is a luxury they can't afford. "The real question is, over time, whether we will be able to find enough space," says J.D. LaRock, a spokesman for New York City's board of education...