Word: coste
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...equally convincing pages on the New Age of Extinction caused by worldwide growth of human activity, a deadly danger to many species, including our own. The clash of these two conflicting principles signals we are at a threshold: shouldn't we quit being obsessed by growth at any cost? Shouldn't we rather aim research, money and industry on how to achieve stable, balanced evolution? Nicolas Gessner, PARIS...
...huge, movie-starwise, as long as he carries cutlery between his knuckles. In its first two days' release, it easily outperformed the total domestic take of Jackman's Australia, which made just $50 million here, though it pulled in a very honorable $162 million abroad. (The two films cost about the same to make: $135 million...
...students to “join the dialogue” on the College’s future plans, Smith, joined only by College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds, revealed no specifics about changes to come—except that students should expect further notice about the remaining $143 million of cost-cutting measures come...
...Panic, of course, has risks of its own. One big danger is wasted time, which can cost businesses revenue if workers stay home out of fear. Waste can also come in the form of purchasing unnecessary antiviral drugs or face masks, which are basically ineffective against something as small as a virus, anyway (though they may keep out globs of mucus where viruses tend to be concentrated...
...Still, even for cash flush traffickers, these narco-tunnels are not small undertakings. The Otay Mesa tunnel could easily have cost more than a million dollars; several hundred truckloads would have been needed to carry away the excavated soil. Covert tunneling entails more security risks that cost extra to conceal. On top of that, US officials believe they caught the latest sophisticated tunnel soon after it came online...