In general, such apartments afford more protection than smaller buildings because their walls are thick and there is more space.

But now many of these same builders are finding they can cut their costs more by teaming up with a dealer who has volume enough to afford the most efficient specialized equipment to deliver everything just where it is needed -- drywall inside the house, siding along the sides, trusses on the walls, roofing on the roof, etc..

Back East the more affluent juvenile delinquents, who could afford hyped-up autos instead of switch blades as lethal weapons, played this same game and called it `` Chicken ''.

The need is for reference works of a more specialized nature than individual libraries, adequate to satisfy everyday needs, could afford.

This explains why current studies are focused on illnesses commonly found in developed countries, where more people can afford to pay for treatment.

To make matters worse, unknown barriers of energy are sprouting up around the world – sometimes aiding the Exiles, sometimes helping the Empire who can afford the losses much more easily than the Exiles.

Other purposes are stated in the Federal Reserve Act, such as " to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States, and for other purposes ".

Only a few fans could afford more professional printers, or the time it took them to print, until photocopying became cheap and ubiquitous in the 1970s.

He lost his intuitive touch during the war years, when the federal money stopped flowing in, and never realized that he had created far more infrastructure than the city could afford.

For common soldiers who could not afford mail or plate armour, the gambeson, combined with a helmet as the only additional protection, remained a common sight on European battlefields during the entire Middle Ages, and its decline-paralleling that of plate armour-came only with the Renaissance, as the use of firearms became more widespread, until by the 18th century it was no longer in military use.

This limitation seemed reasonable when GIF was developed because few people could afford the hardware to display more colors simultaneously.

At the turn of the Industrial Age through the 1920s, families could more often afford things such as electric trains, wind up toys ( typically boats or cars ) and the increasingly valuable tin toy soldiers.

Polk rarely sold slaves, although once he became President and could better afford it, he bought more.

A more careful argument in favor of price ceilings would statistically characterize the number of tenants who can afford housing at various levels based on income and choose a ceiling that achieves a specific goal, such as housing 80 % of the working families in the area.

He further suggests the inward bend of the soundboard ( the " belly scoop ") is a deliberate adaptation by ancient builders to afford the lutenist's right hand more space between the strings and soundboard.

Illicit diversion has been a problem, but to the many proponents of the utilization of morphine for OST, the benefits far outweigh the costs, taking into account the much higher percentage of addicts who are " held " or, from another perspective, satisfied by this treatment option, as opposed to methadone and buprenorphine treated addicts, who are more likely to forgo their treatment and revert to using heroin etc., in many cases by selling their methadone or buprenorphine prescriptions to afford their opiate of choice.

Christians can afford to be put to torture and to death, and the more they are cast down the more they grow ; " the blood of the martyrs is seed " ( Apologeticum, 50 ).

Under the original provisions of the Constitution, senators were elected by state legislatures ; this was intended to ensure that the Federal government contained representatives of the states, and also to provide a body not dependent on popular support that could afford to " take a more detached view of issues coming before Congress.

While the Representatives existed in a two-year direct election cycle, the senators could afford to "... take a more detached view of issues coming before Congress.

The best results come from testing no more than five users and running as many small tests as you can afford.

In the early 1930s German auto industry was still largely composed of luxury models, and the average German rarely could afford anything more than a motorcycle.

In 1758, British General James Wolfe made the earliest recorded use of the word Yankee to refer to people from what was to become the US, referring to the New England soldiers under his command as Yankees: " I can afford you two companies of Yankees, and the more because they are better for ranging and scouting than either work or vigilance.

A 2011 study found a 1 % increase in the unemployment rate correlated with a 1 % decrease in the divorce rate, presumably because more people were financially challenged to afford the legal proceedings.

In the early fifteenth century the Ming Admiral Zheng He had established one of his bases of operation in the port city, so the Chinese could not afford to lose such a strategic position to the Siamese.

The dire strategic situation made Manstein doubtful on whether or not the relief operation could afford to wait to receive all units earmarked for the offensive.

There are also some invisible platforms that either afford players a strategic advantage or lead to hidden items.

Toll roads may be built to allow some users to travel faster from one location to another -- relieving traffic congestion and speeding up traffic for those who can afford it.

At this point, production unit manager John Nathan-Turner had worked out that the production team could afford to film on location in Paris with a stripped down crew.

It was not until 1753 that Ommen had sufficiently recovered to afford a new city hall, built at the Vrijthof square, on the same location as the previous building.

Given the finite supply of natural resources at any specific cost and location, agriculture that is inefficient or damaging to needed resources may eventually exhaust the available resources or the ability to afford and acquire them.

Producing sustainable energy on an individual household or community basis is much more flexible, but can still be limited in the richness of the sources that the location may afford ( some locations may not be rich in renewable energy sources while others may have an abundance of it ).

This location would afford greater protection, while the helicopters would be less likely to attract ground fire.

Summer is traditionally the peak season for house swapping, due to families traveling during summer vacations and house swapping allows families to try out a location for a short period of time while saving money over the traditional vacation costs and allowing them to take vacations that they may otherwise be unable to afford.

Mudflats and marshes afford birds a safe and undisturbed location for feeding, resting and breeding.

The currently standing slender white cable bridge was built on the very same location between 1961 – 1964, because the government could not afford to construct entirely new foundations for the bridge.

This enables a consumer, who could otherwise not afford to live in the Bay Area, the opportunity to own a new home in this location.

Essentially, the question presented for decision in the present Daytime Skywave proceeding is whether our decision ( in 1938-1939 ) to assign stations on the basis of daytime conditions from sunrise to sunset, is sound as a basis for AM allocations, or whether, in the light of later developments and new understanding, skywave transmission is of such significance during the hours immediately before sunset and after sunrise that this condition should be taken into account, and some stations required to afford protection to other stations during these hours.

The sisters turned the house into one of Scotland's premier tourist attractions after they had to rely on paying visitors to afford the upkeep of the house.

Apollo 16 would spend one less day in lunar orbit after surface exploration had been completed to afford the crew contingency time to compensate for any further problems and to conserve expendables.

Lovelock could not afford to go to university after school, something which he believes helped prevent him becoming over-specialized and aided the development of Gaia theory.

The University of Zambia was opened in Lusaka in 1966, after Zambians all over the country had been encouraged to donate whatever they could afford towards its construction.

Ethics aside, New South Wales could not afford the £ 1000 and only managed to travel to Melbourne after half the team ’ s travel cost of £ 181 was put up by Sydney barrister Richard Driver.

After graduating in 1954, Janmaat started a study in aeronautical engineering, but had to drop out two years later after his father could no longer afford the tuition fees.

Only after the fall of man begins the creation of space, time and matter, or of the world as we now know it ; and the motive of this creation was the desire to afford man an opportunity for taking advantage of the scheme of redemption, for bringing forth in purity the image of God according to which he has been fashioned.

Mercer Ellington has stated that Juan Tizol invented the melody to " Caravan " in 1936 as a result of his days studying music in Puerto Rico ; where they couldn't afford much sheet music so the teacher would turn the music upside down after they had learned to play it right-side up.

In 1719, Richardson was able to take his freedom from being an apprentice and was soon able to afford to set up his own printing shop, which he did after he moved near the Salisbury Court district close to Fleet Street.

Furthermore, the 1990s ( after the fall of the Soviet Union ) saw a significant decline of quality in the assembly of UAZ vehicles as the company struggled to survive and could not afford to pay the salaries of its employees.

For those who can afford it, it is a popular holiday or Sunday breakfast dish and is often given to pregnant women and women after birthing to bring them back to health and strength.

Sunday was once the only rest day after a six-day working week ; it was also a demonstration that the household was prosperous enough to afford the cost of a better than normal meal.

Once, after spending his allowance on a large bag of sweets, he met a young boy outside the store who couldn't afford any.

Later, after Russian successes, in 1833 and 1835 he made proposals to afford material aid, which were overruled by the cabinet.

He is also commemorated on the first Sunday after the anniversary of his death on October 6, known as " Ivy Day ", which originated when the mourners at his funeral in 1891, taking their cue from a wreath of ivy sent by a Cork woman " as the best offering she could afford ", took ivy leaves from the walls and stuck them in their lapels.

Ten years after the foundation stone had been laid in 1951, the Government declared that the nation could not afford a National Theatre ; in response the LCC offered to waive any rent and pay half the construction costs.

The deal had with The Football League had to be renegotiated in September 2002 after NTL could no longer afford to pay its instalments.

The CIA finally focused on Ames after it realized that on a $ 60, 000 salary, Ames was able to afford these expenses:

Several months later, after Almanzo has finished building a house on his tree claim, he asks Laura if she would mind getting married within a few days as his sister and mother have their hearts set on a large church wedding, which Pa cannot afford.

When he was five, his aunt could not afford to look after both of them and she instructed Saad Muhammad's brother to get rid of him.

As result, francophones had to pursue high school education in English, pay tuition to private high schools — which many Franco-Ontarian families could not afford — or simply stop attending school after Grade 9.

When the expectation of his first appearance in London was close upon him he was so feverish that he exclaimed “ If I succeed I shall go mad .” Unable to afford medical treatment for some time, his elder son died the day after he signed the 3-year Drury Lane contract.

Buell quotes Spruance speaking with Morison: " As a matter of tactics I think that going out after the Japanese and knocking their carriers out would have been much better and more satisfactory than waiting for them to attack us, but we were at the start of a very important and large amphibious operation and we could not afford to gamble and place it in jeopardy.