Word: affordable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...together. Work on the building started 14 months behind schedule. Meanwhile, the interest rate on Deane's loan has been going up and up; last week it reached 17.75%. The people who had been assured of mortgage loans are no longer certain that they can get them, or afford them, at the new rates. The space he hopes to sell has risen by as much as 50% in value over the past two years, but the costs of sitting on 56,000 sq. ft. of a largely unoccupied building have eroded his potential profit when he gets the building...
...smaller stores, however, can not afford the sophisticated equipment. Chris Kotelly, at Nini's Corner, said the store loses approximately $300 a year, most of it during the fall and winter, but we only have mirrors and our own surveillance...
...some said need outweighs the cost. "I'm not sure we can afford it, but I certainly think that we need it, Virginia Call away said yesterday. "The cost should be according to what you earn, but I definitely believe in insurance for everybody," Callaway added...
With every passing day, with each breaking tragedy, the visceral source of Christianity--of almost any religious faith--becomes more distant, yet more dear and alluring. And perhaps a society which has relegated the doctrine of love to its churches and temples and books can no longer afford to be so sure of itself. Science and technology have taught us so much, the Pope acknowledged almost wryly--so much in good and bad. How close are we--at this moment--beneath the desert and in submarines, in mental hospitals and in the nuclear core, to creating Hell...
...result, employers are having a tough time paying people fairly, especially the strong performers who merit higher-than-average increases. In a period of nominal inflation, for example, a firm could afford to reward its superstars with raises of 12% or so because the average clock watcher would need to be given only, say, 2%. But with living costs soaring, pressures are high to grant underachievers heftier raises at the expense of the overachievers, so that many people wind up with increases in the 6% to 8% range. Laments Bruce Ellig, a compensation specialist at Pfizer Inc., the pharmaceutical firm...