Word: affords
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...hoopla, emerges as the leader of the pack in her field, the swan the others paddle behind like cygnets. All three women are young and down-to-earth. And everybody wants a piece of them, or in Philo's case, as many pieces - bags, skirts, dresses - as they can afford. But unlike Portman or Jones, Philo is not yet a household name. She is the 31-year-old creative director of the so-venerable-it's-fresh-again French label Chloé. And since 2001, when she took the line over from her former boss, Stella McCartney, her breezy, romantic...
...hoopla, emerges as the leader of the pack in her field, the swan the others paddle behind like cygnets. All three women are young and down to earth. And everybody wants a piece of them, or in Philo's case, as many pieces--bags, skirts, dresses--as they can afford. But unlike Portman or Jones, Philo is not yet a household name. She is the 31-year-old creative director of the so-venerable-it's-fresh-again French label Chloé. And since 2001, when she took the line over from her former boss, Stella McCartney, her breezy, romantic look...
...small. Shays, who chairs the House Reform Committee's panel on national security and emerging threats, told TIME he believes the DBT is "artificially low" because of economic pressures. "Rather than asking what security do we need, plant operators are asking how much security can we afford," he said...
...find retirement boring. Maybe you'll surprise yourself: buy a horse, scale mountains, collect rare butterflies--all pursuits that require money in addition to what you'll need just to live. Not only that, if you do fall seriously ill, you'll want the best medical care you can afford. Still, you are absolutely right to shun probate in California: it costs your heirs a bundle. But if you leave your partner your house and money in a will, probate is just what you'll get, say California attorneys. Michael Gilfix, a Palo Alto, Calif., estate-planning and elder...
Joubert and Rick (who declined to provide his last name) say they subsist day-to-day on a diet of free dinners from local churches and charities. They say they earn enough from their federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) check to afford coffee and tea—and an occasional danish—in the mornings. For lunch, Rick sometimes cashes in cans and bottles to buy a whole chicken from the DeMoulas Market Basket in Somerville...