Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their class. Another theory is that states like Oklahoma, where campus affirmative action is still permitted, lured away talented minority students with scholarships. Some educators speculate that the real problem may be that in many impoverished schools even the top graduates are unable to afford the relatively low tuition and board at the Texas campuses involved in the plan. Also, many eligible high school grads may opt not to apply out of fear the work might be too difficult...
...superior team, Harvard will have to guard against a letdown. However, the bottom line is that the Crimson is propelled by the knowledge that it can't afford to lose. The fun of beating Old Eli is only an added bonus...
...found, even rare glimpses into Harvard life. For example, a video documents the acting career of "3rd Rock" star John Lithgow during his time at Harvard. And images of Mother Theresa's address here in 1982. Of course, with our $11 billion endowment, the university could obviously not afford to make these presentations real multimedia features, thus effectively denying visitors the pleasure of hearing sounds to go with the paltry images...
...also discussed affordable housing and improved athletic facilities with Rudenstine. According to Elgin, the prices of University housing--including developments like Peabody Terrace and Holden Green--is competitive with the Cambridge market, but few graduate students can afford market prices...
...MASS-MARKET CENTURY Yet another defining event of the century came in 1913, when Henry Ford opened his assembly line. Ordinary people could now afford a Model T (choice of color: black). Products were mass-produced and mass-marketed, with all the centralization and conformity that entails. Television sets and toothpaste, magazines and movies, shows and shoes: they were distributed or broadcast, in cookie-cutter form, from central facilities to millions of people. In reaction, a modernist mix of anarchy, existential despair and rebellion against conformity motivated art, music, literature, fashion and even behavior for much of the century...