Word: affords
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...leading edge, the trailblazers for a huge mass of young, eagerly aspirant consumers. All over China, young professionals like these banter about blogging, travel and work-life balance. ("Work hard, play harder," says Vicky several times, repeating it in case she isn't heard.) If they can't afford to blow $700 on skiing gear, they want to be able to soon...
...multiple jobs in order to make ends meet. America is stronger than ever - for corporate America and the top 10 percenters. The middle-class worker is steadily being replaced by the working poor. I owned a tire-and-radiator business years ago and took for granted that everyone could afford the best tires, monthlong vacations in Florida every winter and luxury vehicles. I was shocked into reality as this lifestyle declined over time. From then on, I let the less fortunate customers look through my used-tire pile. After I closed up, I stayed to mount and balance tires...
...politician who hopes to win the New Hampshire primary can say to those same voters that the primary should be moved back in the name of giving a more representative (or simply different) state a chance. This is a tough position for a politician because a viable candidate cannot afford to miss too many parades, much less ignore the entire state...
...proctees are successful businessmen and lawyers, with wives and children, who must be sufficiently well-off to afford the steep price Harvard charges for two months at its summer school...
...born to parents too poor to pay for the treatment he needed, and of course there was no insurance. Embarrassed by his condition, Lowe dropped out of school in fifth grade without learning to read or write, and eventually followed his father into the mines - and still couldn't afford treatment. Twenty-three years ago he was partially paralyzed in a mining accident and could no longer perform manual labor. That didn't leave him many options...