Word: affords
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...hard to bear thinking about what would have happened if there had been astronauts aboard either ship - but space officials can't afford not to think about it. There is currently no international treaty governing space debris, though the U.S., Russia, Japan, France and the European Space Agency have rules they follow to keep the junk to a minimum. Additionally, an international committee overseen by most of the world's space agencies consults on the issue. Still, it's a problem that isn't going away...
...global economic crisis, however, has changed the political and economic landscape. Although inflation continues to be rampant, growth is now uncertain, given the sluggish demand in developed countries. With oil prices hitting unforeseen lows, he can afford neither the vast federal projects in Venezuela nor his bullish foreign policy favoritism...
Where will those families go? And whose school districts can afford to absorb their children? In California, school officials are expecting to receive upwards of $8 billion over two years from the federal stimulus. While this money would enable districts to address some of their most pressing needs, John Mockler, an education-funding specialist in Sacramento, says, "It's not a panacea." In the long term, Mockler says, states need to come up with new funding sources to support classroom instruction and let teachers do what they were hired to do - teach...
...Logan Greer. After quickly falling behind 2-0, Guruge turned her match around in the final three sets.“I was just making too many mistakes in the first two sets and went into the third telling myself that I just can’t afford to make any more or I’ll lose the match,” she said. “I started playing deeper and safer, and it just came to me.”Opening the third set, Guruge came out swinging, pounding winners all across the court?...
...last survivors of a once common species of moderate Northeastern Republican. As the GOP's center of gravity moves to the right, the Democratic majority has fewer and fewer potential crossovers to choose from. That gives each woman enormous leverage in a Senate Republican caucus whose leaders cannot afford any defections if they are to sustain a filibuster. Both sides know that the math on any close vote is likely to come down to Snowe and Collins...