Word: affords
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...Botha could afford to ignore the demands for Mandela's unconditional release, it was because, for all the anger and unrest, he knew that racial revolution was not imminent: the armed forces and police retain overwhelming power. In July the Botha government imposed a state of emergency in many black districts, sending in waves of police to restore order, break up public meetings, block processions and frighten protesters into submission. Then it effectively banned journalists from covering the unrest in the townships, in the futile hope that the protests would die when the images faded from the world's television...
...distraught farmer was not able to cope with his financial situation, and as a result four people are dead [NATION, Dec. 23]. In itself, this tragedy is enough to mourn, but the mourning must go beyond Hills, Iowa, and turn to action. Measures must be enacted to afford immediate aid to our farmers. They are hurting physically, emotionally and mentally. The nation cannot ignore them. Carole L. Waterman Mediapolis, Iowa...
...gone," Bishop says, his hands exploding down and out, dismissively. The blacks who could afford it got out, like the whites before them. On 47th Street, once the heart of the community, no one objects now when a loudspeaker on a police wagon addresses those who have stayed behind as if they were refuse: "All right, clean off that corner. Now." On the streets of the neighborhood, one sees only an occasional sign of social or spiritual uplift. One, outside a church, inquires, HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST? The other, a billboard, says, DARE TO BE MORE...
Hurry, hurry, hurry! Like almost everything else in the postholiday season, the skies themselves are on sale. The tailwinds are a bargain you can't afford to miss. With prices this low, staying at home is almost a crime, like being debt-free in a credit-card society. How can anyone resist these tags: Boston to Miami: was $99, now only $69. Dallas to Denver: was $95, now only $69. New York to Los Angeles: was $149, now only $99. Make your reservations immediately. Take the kids. Take Grandma and Grandpa. Buy your brother-in-law a oneway ticket...
Burr can now afford a few such comforts. The 6.1% of People Express he holds is worth almost $13 million. Burr also takes time for a daily three-to-six-mile jog, during which he does his blue-sky thinking. He has run eleven marathons, including New York City's. His best performance on the 26.2-mile course: 3:40:42. That poses no threat to champion runners, but rival airline bosses might worry about what Burr is thinking on those long hauls. It was during a jog one morning in Houston that Burr came up with the concept...