Word: affords
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...compassion what she's famous for? Surely she could have had someone find out the Herm?s store's closing times and avoided this snub? Perhaps Tom Cruise's new penchant for strange behavior has rubbed off on her. On the other hand, with so few people able to afford an Herm?s bag, I can't understand why the store would turn away a customer. Internet shopping might be the way to go. Faye Gordon London...
...large numbers of people in developing countries are increasingly able to afford drugs, doctors are worried that the problem could spiral out of control. According to the China Medicine Development and Research Center, 70% of drug prescriptions in China are for antibiotics, compared with roughly 30% in the West. "Resistance has risen dramatically in the past 10 years," says Tong, who is also a leading researcher on antibiotic resistance. He notes that a survey of 10 cities conducted three years ago revealed that in Shenyang, all pneumonia cases exhibited resistance to erythromycin...
...offset the massive purchases of U.S. Treasuries required by the now abandoned dollar peg. This was leading to excess money and credit creation?underscoring the mounting risks of inflation and asset bubbles. China's coastal property bubble was a manifestation of this risk, which Beijing could no longer afford to ignore. A "managed float" provides China with greater discretion on the sterilization front, thereby tempering the excesses of its domestic financial system...
...increase in the yuan's value will hurt sales to cost-conscious U.S. retailing giants such as Wal-Mart and Target. Yu Zhihua, export manager for the Hangzhou Silk and Garment Import Export Corp. in Hangzhou, says her profit margins are so thin already that she can't afford to lower prices to offset the 2.1% difference in currency values. "We expect contracts that would have gone to us will switch to Bangladesh and Indonesia," Yu says...
...light of the long odds, Corriero made up her mind to milk the moment for all of the lasting memories and thrills it could afford...