Word: affords
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...passed polygraph tests in Canada. But some veterans remain skeptical. FBI agents who investigated his fake-passport operation in New York concluded, as one G-man put it, "You wouldn't trust him as far as you could throw him." Still, another FBI official says, "we really couldn't afford not to take this seriously. There were so many unknowns." Nevertheless, he adds, for all the FBI knew, the men in question might have been "guys who want to be busboys." --With reporting by Daffyd Roderick and Robert Brehl/Toronto
...blood-spattered crime scenes or try to contain Regis Philbin. Despite this, she will now earn more than most other television personalities, including Katie Couric, Kelly Ripa and anyone on CSI. She has just signed a deal for approximately $25 million a year for four years--so she can afford to buy herself a new robe...
...make bottles and cans talk to recycling equipment. But the question is, As these technologies are developed and the software coding gets standardized, will the decisions be made to include environmental information in those codes? If the rules of the game aren't set from outside, companies can't afford as much improvement. As a public, we have to demand...
...holiday treat. Others wrap it in blinis with a dollop of sour cream. But purists insist that the best way to eat beluga caviar is straight off a golden or ivory spoon, followed by a shot of vodka or a sip of ice-cold champagne. For those who can afford to shell out $450 for a 125-gram tin, these precious salted sturgeon eggs are a taste of the true Western high life?a chance to indulge like the Russian czars and czarinas, who feasted regularly on fine caviar...
...Factors:: Clearly, the 49ers can't afford to give up 38 points again and expect to win, though that isn't likely to happen against the Bucs' offense, which has improved a little under head coach Jon Gruden, but won't be confused with the 1998 Vikings anytime soon...