Word: cheapness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tongue or pen the saddest are these: 'It might have been.' " It might have been that if Carter had taken certain steps earlier, inflation would be lower, the economy would be stronger and the President would be more popular. Hindsight, of course, is one of the few cheap things in this inflationary age. But it has value as a guide to those who do not wish to be condemned to repeat the past. In short, Carter may learn from previous mistakes -his own and those of others...
...most Europeans, train travel has been a way of life. It is fast, efficient and cheap. European air travel, on the other hand, has been fast, efficient and expensive. National air carriers divide up the market and, lacking stiff competition, charge pretty much what they please. Until last month, a 213-mile Paris-London flight cost twice as much as a 205-mile New York-Washington trip...
...spread its fumes; more importantly, the singers couldn't keep up with the pace. (If you want to hear Weill's music in a really atmospheric performance, pick up the old Berlin recording on Odyssey Records. It's in German, but it's got Lotte Lenya and it's cheap...
...like a punk band. Those rhythm guitar chords stolen from the New York Dolls and half-spoken Lou Reed vocals weren't where they should have been. Instead Blondie propelled its music with a style from late-'50s and early-'60s rock and roll, most noticeably with a cheap, thin organ sound which will remind those with long memories of Question Mark and the Mysterions' "96 Tears...
Cosmetic surgery does not come cheap. A facelift costs upwards of $1,500 (Betty Ford's fee was about $3,200), eyelid surgery runs around $1,500. The cost is generally not covered by medical insurance (though it is tax deductible). Then too some risk is involved; some faces are changed for the worse. Warns Dr. Peter McKinney, a Chicago plastic surgeon: "If you buy a bum toaster, you can take it back. You can't take your face back...