Word: affords
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...among us; moreover, these cuts lock the poor into poverty and solidify class stratification in the United States. Raising Medicaid co-payments and premiums for those living just above the poverty line (as the House bill intends to do) makes medical care less accessible to those who can least afford it. Likewise, cutting funding for student loans and school lunches limits opportunities for education and advancement on the part of the intelligent and hardworking poor. Coupled with the hundreds of billions of dollars in already-enacted and still-planned tax cuts for the rich over the tenure of the Bush...
...pirates make more money--the three big gangs of pirates suspected of working Somali waters now demand and often receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, according to the Piracy Reporting Center's Choong--they are likely to go after bigger game. With their kidnapping revenues, pirates "can afford to buy themselves some pretty nice boats," says Choong, and hence extend the range of their seizures...
...appears, will come to naught—the CLC has turned a deaf ear to student concerns. Sadly, this is all too unsurprising. Currently, of the thousands of Harvard (not to mention MIT) undergraduates, a scarce few vote in Cambridge elections. The CLC and the Cambridge municipal government can afford to delude themselves into thinking that this is not a college town just because, for electoral purposes, it’s not. As long as undergraduates have the mindset that they’re just “passing through,” the Cambridge city government doesn?...
...hard drive the size of a paperback, they are easier and cheaper to transport than heavy, bulky reels. (Eventually, films could be sent to cinemas by satellite or cable, cutting out transportation costs altogether.) A more diverse range of films could be offered, too, because studios could afford to take on riskier projects, while distributors would be able to send smaller, alternative films to wider audiences. And with up to 10 films sitting on one server, movie houses could change their programs to suit demand. If a showing for a film sells out, add a copy on a second screen...
MAKE IT MOD For those who can't afford an original mid-century home, the L.A.-based architecture firm of Marmol Radziner has created a line of solar-powered prefab houses. Built in the firm's factory, each module is shipped fully constructed. A one-bedroom Desert House, above...