Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite each campaign's confidence, neitherCellucci nor Harshbarger can afford to coastthrough these last few days with polls as close asthey are. Whether they are swayed by issues in theeconomy, education or their records in office,undecided voters will make both candidates workhard to gain their crucial vote on Tuesday
Tamara V. Tai '98 says the only reason she wasable to afford pursuing a career in teaching wasTeach for America. The federally funded programlets her to put off paying back student loans fortwo years while she teaches in a bilingualclassroom in Phoenix, Ariz...
...matter how politically astute the response, it doesn?t look as if the DNC will be able to put it in very many living rooms. While the Republicans spent $10 million on their ad blitz, Democrats can afford only around $1 million -? and the necessary money hasn?t even come in from donors yet. Very little airtime will be available this close to the vote, and Dems will target specific districts in only three states ?- California, Washington and Kentucky. The GOP ads ran in upwards of 20 states. In other words, the cash-strapped DNC will just have to hope...
...wing vote. And what issue in America ?- save, perhaps, abortion -- is more divisive and inflammatory than the Clinton scandal? Curiously enough, the new campaign comes as a new FEC report shows Republicans outspending Democrats by a hefty $92 million. With all that cash, maybe they?ll be able to afford a sound track next time...
With its perfect keyboard and splendidly pixelated active-matrix screen, IBM's ThinkPad has a well-deserved reputation as the best of breed in the notebook category. If you can afford one, that is. I happen to use a year-old ThinkPad 560x, which weighs a bantam 4.1 lbs. Despite its advanced age and relatively pedestrian configuration (I had to add extra RAM), it cost $2,200 new. Luckily for me, my employer paid...