Word: affords
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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What will America's presidential candidates do about the host of conflicts in which the U.S. has become embroiled? Bush seems only recently to have come to the realization that he has bitten off more than he can chew--or afford, for that matter. The Administration has created a royal mess of things that I'm sure was not anticipated. Lynelle Grobler Pretoria...
...more likely, unable—to attend two days of parenting-skill training. This idea’s degeneracy is made clear by observations almost too simple to escape even Romney himself, namely that parents who live in under-performing school districts often can’t afford to sacrifice two days’ worth of wages and that compulsory presence at parenting school smacks of a remedial program targeted toward low-income parents for no other palpable reason than their low income. In place of this coercive barrier to entry, reasonable positive incentives would allow parents in under-performing...
Massachusetts has much to gain by providing full-day kindergarten to students in under-performing districts and little to lose aside from copious tax cuts it cannot afford. Governor Romney deserves support in his initiative, but it is critical that he pursue parent involvement through the channels of motivation, not compulsion. Romney already recognizes that a good education necessitates extra attention at home and extra attention at school; he should eliminate from his plan the barriers to both...
...definitely would have voted for the compromise. Cambridge desperately needs more housing that middle-income and working families and graduate students can afford. I am very sympathetic with the neighbors’ concerns and would have paid closer attention to zoning before Harvard considered building on the property than those on the current council...
...government will pay your school loans. My daughter Kate has her master’s degree in education, yet was paid just $17,000 for her first teaching job. I believe more young people would become teachers—and would be outstanding teachers—if they could afford to teach and pay off their loans after college. I don’t want to miss any teachers like Kate. I also have a plan to end our dependence on Middle East oil. Decades ago our country helped invent solar, wind and hydrogen technology, but we?...