Word: incurs
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...calamity is not exactly imminent. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service recently found that the Pentagon could finance the war at least through the end of June by shifting existing funds. Then there's the so-called "Feed and Forage" Act, a Civil War--era law that lets the President incur debt, without congressional approval, for such wartime troop expenses as "clothing, subsistence, fuel, quarters, transportation and medical supplies...
...First, the article's title incorrectly implied that Diversity and Distinction magazine currently faced financial troubles. In fact, the group has overcome the debts that plagued it seven years ago. Second, the story incorrectly stated that the decision of the magazine to print more issues caused the group to incur more debt. In fact, while printing more issues initially resulted in additional costs, it did not increase the group's debt. Third, the article incorrectly implied that Stefanie L. Plant '05, a former business manager, said that the magazine fell into a deeper hole as a result of printing more...
...occasionally polyurethane, the modern condom can stretch to 800 percent its normal size, if necessary—both a prophylactic and a practical joke waiting to happen. As a method of birth control, it boasts a 98 percent success rate, and when used to protect against STDs, one incurs less than a quarter of the risk one might incur through unprotected sex. As prophylactics go, condoms are pretty solid, not as foolproof as abstinence, but a far sight safer than nothing...
...Paul J. Barreira, Harvard’s director of university counseling, academic support and mental health services, said in an interview. Barreira added that keeping a suicidal student on campus was an unfair burden to place on roommates of the mentally ill. He also said that universities would incur enormous costs providing such comprehensive treatment, which is not covered by current student medical coverage. Barreira said Harvard handles such situations on a case-by-case basis, and rarely punishes or expels students for attempting suicide or displaying suicidal behavior. In most cases, he said, withdrawals by students showing suicidal tendencies...
...many physicians losing income, a diagnostic center is an attractive income generator. CT angiography, MRI, ultrasound and electrodiagnostics all pay comparably more and incur far less liability than giving medicines, doing procedures or performing most surgeries. The pure diagnostician renders the information from his fancy test, takes the money and walks away--a great business model. Electromyograms to "diagnose" carpal tunnel syndrome, for one, usually pay more than the surgery to correct...