Word: affords
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...consider the second category. There are jobs we would like society to do but feel we cannot afford it. Most of them are just the kind of therapeutically unpleasant tasks - such as emptying bedpans at nursing homes - that volunteerism enthusiasts are anxious to force young people to do for their own damned good. So what's the problem? It's this. There is a price at which someone would be willing to take this crummy job. Let's say it's $20 an hour. For $20 an hour, you can fill that job with a true volunteer...
...Under as much pressure as the All Blacks is rugby itself, which can ill afford a tournament full of messy, dour, defence-dominated matches at the pointy end. If that happens, calls to revise the laws to give the attacking side more room will be hard for the game's guardians to ignore. With days to go, the signs point to a close-fought event; but to the relief of the All Blacks' hard-marking countrymen, they also suggest that a historical anomaly - and a nation's frustration - are about to be dispatched...
...Institute a Summer of Service For many teenagers, the summer between middle school and high school is an awkward time. They're too young to get a real job and too old to be babysat. Well-to-do families can afford summer camps and exotic learning opportunities, but they're a minority. Shirley Sagawa, an expert on youth policy and an architect of the AmeriCorps legislation, is proposing a Summer of Service. One hundred thousand students would volunteer for organizations like City Year, a national volunteering program and think tank, or Citizen Schools, which organizes after-school activities for middle...
...Create a Baby-Boomer Education Bond Over the next 20 years, 78 million baby boomers will be eligible to retire. That is, if they can afford to - and if they want to. According to an AARP survey, 80% of Americans between 50 and 60 said they were planning to work during retirement. "Many seniors are interested in careers that are influenced by a spirit of service. Over half want to work in the education, health-care and nonprofit sector," says Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures and co-founder of Experience Corps. Experience Corps is the largest AmeriCorps...
...born with a severe cleft palate. When he tried to talk as a boy, he couldn't make himself understood, so after a while he stopped trying. Lowe dropped out of school in the fifth grade, followed his father into the mines and still couldn't afford treatment. Then he was partially paralyzed in a mining accident. That didn't leave him many options...