Word: cost-benefit
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Whether that single glimmer of passion is worth trudging through fifteen minutes of auditory rice pudding is debatable. At four tracks each, the cost-benefit ratio of both EPs may be too high for all but the most die-hard obsessives -- who probably already own both of them. Since two songs from each EP are slated to be on the soon-to-be-released full-length album Milk and Kisses, the best bet is probably to wait until then...
...would be damaging to prosecution at trial," concluded the internal memo, dated Oct. 27, 1994. The chase, which was never mentioned to the jury, was a "mixed bag,'' according to prosecutor William Hodgman. "If you knew some of the evidence we were dealing with, you would understand what the cost-benefit analysis...
...Gore and his environmentalists and ecologists wish to help the Siberians in their advocacy of our form of government, they would do well to form corporations of their own that would enter the field of resource development in competition with the multinational oil companies. Then cost-benefit ratios would determine the viability of their preservation efforts. Or, alternatively, they could merge with the oil companies to form a really strong development team. JOSEPH A. GUERRIERI Newark, Delaware...
Goldman also noted the difficulty of "quantifying health and environmental factors" in a cost-benefit analysis. Moreover, she argued, it fails to take into intangible factors such as equity into consideration...
...House approved a far-reaching measure that would reinvent the way the Federal Government regulates. The Republican-sponsored bill would require federal health, safety and environmental agencies to undertake detailed cost-benefit analyses before implementing new rules. The House also approved a second, related bill that would make it easier for landowners to obtain compensation from the government when their property values are diminished by environmental regulations...