Word: affords
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...Undergraduate Organizing Committee (UOC) planned such a successful sit-in two Thursdays ago, when 15 students took over Yale’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions while 150 others protested outside. The students were spurred by concern over the welfare of fellow students who could not afford an Ivy League tuition under Yale’s financial aid policies...
...however, make semi-weekly journeys to the basement with bulging mesh laundry bags and quarters in hand. These differences extend to the social sphere as well—to final clubs composed predominately of wealthy young men, or to basic activities, like eating out, that some students cannot afford to enjoy. But while class differences are a fact of life—yes, there are both rich and poor people at Harvard—there is no reason to exacerbate these differences further with a room-cleaning service...
...team can’t afford revert to old ways against a balanced Dartmouth offense, which features three legitimate three-point threats—Jeannie Cullen, Ashley Taylor and Angie Soriaga—a “strong junior class,” according to Delaney-Smith, and a burgeoning star in sophomore center Elise Morrison...
...moderate poverty and relative poverty. Extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as getting by on an income of less than $1 a day, means that households cannot meet basic needs for survival. They are chronically hungry, unable to get health care, lack safe drinking water and sanitation, cannot afford education for their children and perhaps lack rudimentary shelter--a roof to keep rain out of the hut--and basic articles of clothing, like shoes. We can describe extreme poverty as "the poverty that kills." Unlike moderate or relative poverty, extreme poverty now exists only in developing countries. Moderate poverty...
...hands shot up. How many use antimalarial bed nets? Two out of 200 hands went up. How many knew about bed nets? All hands. And how many would like to use bed nets? All hands remained up. The problem, many of the women explained, is that they cannot afford the bed nets, which sell for a few dollars per net, and are too expensive even when partially subsidized by international donor agencies...