Word: cheaper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...agents in technicians' clothing. Explained a member of the Soviet commission: "Obviously, technicians will be required for maintenance of our equipment. There are two possible solutions to this problem. Argentines can be sent to Russia for training, or we can send our technicians here. Naturally, it would be cheaper to send Russian technicians here." Naturally...
Such statistics are evidence that coal is losing its market to cheaper, more efficient competitors. Nine years ago, Class I railroads burned up 132 million tons of coal; now, largely dieselized, they take only about 35 million tons a year. Millions of homeowners have switched to oil or gas for heating. Result: last year, for the first time in history, coal was replaced by oil as the No. 1 source of U.S. energy. Coal accounted for a mere 34% of the total (v. 88.4% 50 years ago); oil, on the other hand, produced 39.4%, natural gas 22.5%, and water...
...exposed flesh clean, Capri's hostelers must still import fresh bath water by tankers from Naples. The hauling contract has proved to be a gold mine: a cubic meter of water costing 4 lire at Naples sells for 300 lire on Capri. The old adage that "wine is cheaper than water in Capri," is truer than ever...
...newlyweds leave the church. And not too many grasp the basic economic facts of life so quickly. Says Dennis in answer to a slower kid's question: "Father's Day?. Well, it's just like Mother's Day, only you can buy a cheaper present...
...dropped out of the stock market. Nineteen thirty-one marked the start of the popular 15½. Snipe Class (9,514 in world waters today), and the trend to smaller boats for more people was under way. As one historian records: "People discovered that a sail was a far cheaper method of transportation than buying gas for an engine...