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...costliest mistake came midway through the first period, when the Big Green's top scoring threat--Sally Crane--beat Harvard's last line of defense and unleashed a rocket at Crimson freshman goalie Kristen Abely...
...straw poll is one the costliest endeavors ever for the student group, almost $2000, according to organizers...
...Cortez family is taking part in one of the costliest and most studied corporate benefits to emerge in the past few years: child care. Says Dana Friedman, senior research fellow at the Work & Family Information Center: "Corporate-sponsored day care is this decade's hottest new employee perquisite." An estimated 1,000 companies now provide child-care assistance to parents, double the number of two years ago. The need springs from such major social changes as the increase in single parents and the continuing movement of women into the work force. In 1970, two-thirds of U.S. women with...
...basis of Deng's pragmatic philosophy is summed up in his oft quoted dictum "It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice." The practical effects of that maxim have centered on the area in which Mao made his costliest errors: agriculture. During 25 years in power, Mao channeled the vast bulk of all investment into heavy industry, while neglecting to ensure a corresponding rise in food production. At the same time, he encouraged his people to maintain the country's explosive birth rate. Because of this, and a striking rise...
...case is just one of several recent prosecutions that have rung up staggering costs. The present state trial and the one last year involving three other Brink's defendants together are likely to empty the public coffers of an extra $7 million to $10 million, rendering it the costliest state prosecution in the history of the U.S. The figure makes the two trials of California Mass Murderer Juan Corona ($4.6 million) and the "Hillside Stranglings" case of Angelo Buono ($1.6 million) seem like bargains. The Wayne Williams trial in Atlanta and the related police investigation into the slayings...