Many members simply couldn't afford the prices of a more affluent yacht club.

If a member or family could not afford the tax, it was often paid by others in the group.

Associate members with a little more money to spend can afford the comfort of local hotels.

The union said its members, most of whom make less than $20,000 a year, can't afford to let the school district ignore the contract.

The event is open to all teams whose members can afford to travel to Arizona, where the contest has been played since 1988.

That would be a vote that most members of Congress could not afford to make.

Its members can afford to settle their internal matters themselves.

Once a tactical strike force set out, no member could afford to waver.

The question, of course, is whether members can afford the contributions up front.

Volunteer fire and ambulance officials say their response time suffers because members cannot afford to live nearby.