Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dual tragedy in Jackson Township, a New York City suburb of 36,000, cut to parents' worst fears about how much freedom they can really afford children to roam sidewalks or cyberspace. Community members and the local press were quick to ascribe larger blame for the horrid crime. Shouldn't the unregulated Internet be made accountable? Or the depressing lyrics of the rock songs Sam Manzie loved? Or the Christa McAuliffe Middle School for allowing students to solicit door to door...
...which said in July that it would lose $800 million trying to break into the local-phone market in 1997 and could have even larger losses next year. The cut angered MCI shareholders, who are now likely to jump at WorldCom's 66% higher offer. Ebbers figures he can afford that premium through economies of scale. He notes that 60% of WorldCom's cost is in the calls it handles. By carrying more traffic--MCI's--the cost ratio falls. He predicts that WorldCom could cut more than $2.5 billion a year in combined costs...
...restarted her career. She had the Deal legacy to build on, but decided anyway to start her own label in an effort to define herself as Kelley Deal, apart from her identity as an ex-Breeder. Ross is the only roadie. As a nascent label, Nice Records can't afford a palatial tour bus. They drive around the country in a comfortable RV that was parked around the block from the Middle East. The Kelley Deal 6000 planned on lodging there for the night. In transit, they usually park at a truck stop. Kelley affectionately calls it a "mobile living...
...people used to complain that it was a little higher-priced than they could afford," he said...
...people who found themselves looking down their barrels but also to their owners. The guns often misfired, were inaccurate and, lacking safety devices, easily went off when dropped. This contradicted the makers' portrayal of them as sturdy weapons of self-defense for law-abiding folks who could not afford high-ticket Colts, Rugers or Smith & Wessons...