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...English language is 'uneconomic.' " Foes charge that nuclear power plants cost more to build than, say, coal-burning plants, running more than $800 per kw, vs. around $700 for coal. They also argue that nukes operate well below their projected capacities, making the power they generate even costlier...
...elite spends more than traditional single-earner families on entertainment, furniture, cameras, kitchen equipment, cars, travel. Compared with older affluent people, they spend more casually on golf, tennis and swimming club memberships. They buy more fast-food take-outs and restaurant meals; when cooking at home, they prefer costlier foods and wines. They pay freely for child care, and the working wife needs her own full wardrobe of office clothes. Their philosophy is expressed by a community service representative for Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, Robert Molina, 24, whose wife is a clerk in the sheriffs office: "When...
Brooke's divorce gets costlier...
...huge U.S. trade deficits additionally are kicking up prices by depressing the dollar and making imports costlier. How to reduce that deficit? Cracked Eckstein: "We might do it if we could find a way to close the port of Yokohama for a few months." More to the point, Yale Professor Robert Triffin sees little chance of narrowing the trade gap until "the Administration and Congress make some significant sign that they are doing something about the basic problem of energy." Greenspan agrees, though he believes that the dollar's value will stabilize or rise on world markets because...
This would not solve the immediate problem of finding an inexpensive and efficient way to move Alaskan oil to markets where it is really needed. Many plans have been considered, especially because Alaskan oil shipped through the Panama Canal is even costlier than OPEC oil on the East Coast. One idea is a three-way trade: Alaskan oil could be shipped to Japan, replacing OPEC oil that would then be sent to the U.S. East Coast. Problem: the export of Alaskan crude would raise a political storm...