Word: buys
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Beroutsos comments set off a lengthy debate ofthe moral implications of placing the machines inthe dormitories. Bramson opposed Beroutsos' moralargument saying "no one would be forced to buy anycondoms...
...money can do, however, is not the same as what money is. Return for a moment to the theory: people value money because they value one another. In other words, the usefulness of money is directly related to and established by continuous mutual need. People work for money to buy things that other people make or do, things that they cannot or will not make or do for themselves but that they deem necessary for some definition of self-improvement. The mere existence of other people creates a market for goods; a market for goods, a potential source of human...
...baker buys a piano because he cannot make one, and yet, rightly or wrongly, he judges the possession of a piano to be necessary for his pleasure, stature, worth. The piano maker, in turn, may buy TIME magazine because, rightly or wrongly, he deems TIME necessary for his pleasure, stature, worth. Only God knows who gets the better of such deals, but the fact is that the deals are not only economic but social transactions, which have been conducted continually since the first tradesman said to a customer, "I will not give you what I have done for nothing...
Four touchdowns? Four touchdowns won't buy you a sandwich at the Holy Cross deli. Three touchdowns? Three touchdowns? won't get you a Coke...
...Provost John Deutch said that he made the decision not to buy a supercomputer, which would cost about $10 million spread out over five years, after he received a letter from Acting Secretary of Commerce Bruce Smart that expressed concern over Japanese bidding practices...