Word: affords
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...thinking goes, GM could pick up market share. They like York's presence on GM's historically wimpy board. Analysts also figure GM will pay whatever it takes to avoid a Delphi strike. With roughly 6,000 blue-collar workers expected to be left at Delphi, GM "could easily afford to compensate those employees to avoid a labor disruption," notes Prudential Financial analyst Michael Bruynesteyn. And labor bosses know a strike would be mutually assured destruction. Says industry analyst Cole: "Everyone is scared to death...
...rapid downhill spiral. The interests of consumers and caregivers are losing out, and the winners are the publicly traded insurance companies, which make hundreds of millions in profit as they cut patient services. Why are those companies allowed to make such huge sums of money while some hospitals cannot afford to upgrade their technology or are forced to close altogether? It is time for the entire industry to undergo fundamental reform. MICHAEL PECK, M.D. Rockville...
...heavyweight team can afford to train their freshman as novices, when the lightweight team is so much smaller,” Kharrazi said. “We started off with four recruits, and the heavyweights had almost 16 recruits this year, so we can not afford to not have stellar freshman...
...under the AEP will receive comparable aid from the College). The withdrawal of federal aid for college drug offenders rests on arbitrary criteria and speaks to the government’s misguided approach to the entire “War on Drugs.” Millions of students cannot afford to attend college without the help of federal financial aid. The AEP affects these students most profoundly, as those in lower socioeconomic groups are both more dependent on financial aid and more likely to be convicted of drug offenses. For minor drug offenses such as possession, Congress should adopt...
...Wellons and Bercaw attribute this to changing demographics, as working-class residents have been forced out of Cambridge by rising property values. This has driven down enrollment in Cambridge public schools and alienated people who work in Cambridge but can’t afford to live there...