Word: affords
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...every game and even started 10, a feat made all the more impressive by Delaney-Smith’s usual practice of keeping first-year’s minutes to a minimum. Despite her youth, the coach felt Tubridy possessed certain talents that she couldn’t afford to waste...
...modern democracies to introduce civil marriages or civil partnerships for those couples. I accept Sullivan's point that churches should be free to have their own rules. But the greatest rule or commandment is to love one another. As a devout Roman Catholic, I believe we must afford same-sex couples acceptance, support and liturgical celebrations of love and commitment. I have been quietly celebrating such ceremonies for 18 years. Many clergy and other people in the Catholic Church and other churches would agree with me but, sadly, are silenced by a prevailing culture of fear. Pat Buckley Larne, Northern...
...said, we will face "one of the most difficult fiscal situations" in our history. Blame our ballooning budget deficit, which should surpass $500 billion this year. Greenspan's message: If we wish to make Bush's recent tax cuts permanent, we can't afford to do it with deficits. So Social Security needs to take...
...code-breaking attacks. Because the information is being transported in an unconventional way, it's impossible to track. The technology is being considered by the Geneva canton government for use in e-voting and other programs. "This is the way of the future," says Gisin, "and we can't afford not to be part of it." --By Sora Song. Reported by Helena Bachmann/Geneva
...half brother Homo sapiens, who bought Petsmart.com on a hunch. It's difficult to imagine Homo economicus upset and off to the mall for some "retail therapy." He doesn't make impulse buys. And he doesn't always know or care what he wants, let alone what he can afford. "The bursting of the Internet bubble may have been the final nail in the coffin of the efficient-market hypothesis," says Richard Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago...