Word: costlier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...regard for time or money. Reagan wants to spend 36% more for weapons next year, increasing procurement from $66 billion to $90 billion. The shopping list: 42% more for Army aircraft, 48% more for Air Force missiles, 121% more for Navy shipbuilding. Because the new hardware is so much costlier the added money will purchase fewer items overall...
...been filled only by former Premier Raymond Barre, whose ponderous oratory and demeanor symbolized economic discipline during the Giscard years. "The nationalizations are a source of uncertainty for our enterprises and a brake on investment and exports," he scolded. "This experience is going to show that nationalized businesses are costlier than private ones...
...living has risen more in the past seven years than that of any other country except Japan. Slums are rare. The world's most ambitious nuclear energy program is well under way, making France the only nation in Western Europe capable of reducing significantly its dependence on ever costlier oil. "The country looks good," says a Western diplomat in Paris. "The quality of life is marvelous...
...class" offering better meals than the standard economy food-hot steak on some flights instead of cold chicken-and free drinks. Club-class seats, though, are the same size as in the economy class. Fares will be 25% to 40% cheaper than first-class fares, but 9% to 13% costlier than economy fares. Between London and Rome, for instance, the most expensive round-trip ticket will fall from $1,180 for the old first class to $741 for club class (vs. $653 for economy). Club-class passengers will be separated from economy travelers by a portable curtain. This device enables...
...would use nuclear fusion, need no major technological breakthroughs; the space program has already shown that the required scientific know-how exists. What of the staggering costs? Glaser argued that after the turn of the century, when such satellites could be in operation, their electricity probably would be no costlier, and perhaps a lot cheaper, than power from oil, coal and nuclear plants. As for the danger from microwaves, Glaser conceded that this needs further study. But he pointed out that a satellite's beam would always be locked on target; in fact, it would disperse altogether...