Word: affords
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...what's driving the movement toward chichi sideshows? Baby boomers, for the most part. They are the ones who can afford the often steep price tag that comes with these adventures (trips average about $2,500 a week, not including travel to the point of departure). As bike trips have grown in popularity, tour operators such as Butterfield & Robinson butterfieldandrobinson.com in Toronto and Backroads in California--two of the oldest active-travel companies--have learned that they can snag more customers with a tour that includes evening theater trips and fine wines than if it's just about the bike...
...hand over $3 for a cup of coffee? If Starbucks can manage that trick, perhaps it can make wi-fi profitable too. But one thing is almost certain: relying on cash-strapped students isn't likely to work. Trouble is, the much sought-after mobile professionals who can afford the wi-fi fee also prefer a more private space where they can conduct business and talk on a cell phone in peace...
...Other costs—such as travel allowances—are considered by Harvard on a case-by-case basis under its current financial aid system, and Harvard should respond to additional burdens for foreign students by extending aid to cover SEVIS and visa costs for students who cannot afford them...
...Shoulder Stand” is great fun to watch, despite its tragic subject matter. We watch as a boyfriend pushes his HIV-infected partner to do difficult yoga poses—the exercises are the most healing gift that he can offer, given his inability to afford retroviral drugs. But despite the fascinating themes this piece explores, the excitement here is in the choreography, not the dialogue...
When Matt was sick, I remember the nights we spent in the hospital waiting room talking to the parents of another patient—a child with severe cancer from a family who couldn’t afford health insurance. Those parents didn’t know what to do. All they could do was pray. As long as I live, I will never forget the terror in their eyes. In this country, it should never be this...