Word: costlier
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Geary reports that plans to strengthen the dikes for just such an emergency have been gathering dust for 20 years. Grass-roots environmentalists protested that heightening the dikes would destroy the natural landscape, and politicians refused to pay for costlier alternatives...
...real world's complexity and an appreciation for the long-term consequences of their feel-good prescriptions. Consider, for example, the contract's implicit welfare paradigm: We're against children having children, so unwed teen mothers will be denied welfare and their kids can live in orphanages -- a costlier remedy than the current (and admittedly flawed) system...
...think we will get an agreement," Clinton said. He would also set a two- year limit, but emphasizes costlier job-training bills...
...construction of prisons and maintenance of inmates. As the nation's inmate population swells toward 1.4 million, prison officials must release career criminals to make room for first-time drug offenders. The growing public outcry against violent crime is prompting politicians to call for even stiffer, tighter and costlier sanctions. But more prisons and longer sentences likely point in only two directions: larger inmate rosters and a higher crime rate. Robert Gangi, executive director of the Correctional Association of New York, warns, "Building more prisons to address crime is like building more graveyards to address a fatal disease...
...their (typically) unwed mothers would be housed in order to provide a nurturing environment where cognitive stimulation would be emphasized. "The most important year for public investment is the first year of life," says Bradley. "You can get kids back on the right track later, but it's costlier and not as effective. Get them early, and the studies show you can increase their...