Word: costly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whip down there and have another made. That's $700 or $800." There was quite a bit of Dirksen hyperbole in that, and Judy Agnew was quick to set the record straight. "The most expensive gown I own is my inaugural ball gown," the Second Lady protested. "That cost under $500, and I don't expect to pay that much again for a long time. I wear my clothes over and over again...
...money, higher taxes and a surplus in the federal budget. Last week Paul W. McCracken, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, admitted that a full year of tight money might be needed to slow price inflation. That would mean that the swift rise in the U.S. cost of living may not begin to slacken markedly until January. The date represents a considerable stretch in the Administration's former timetable for halting soaring prices. As recently as June, the White House was promising such signs of economic slowdown any time after midyear. In two talks during...
...attack is long overdue. Economist Smith says industrial plants recently finished have cost up to 25% more than similar plants built a year ago-a stunning rate of inflation even for the construction industry. These increases eventually are reflected in the prices of goods sold by the new factories. They hurt consumers more directly by helping to force increases in new house prices, which are rising at a rate of close to 10% this year. The reason is that high wage and benefit scales established on industrial construction jobs are often applied subsequently to residential housing...
...anything, that is an understatement. Through a combination of cost cutting, rate in creases and shrewdly timed expansion, Barren has managed to double the company's profits from $6.6 million in 1966 to $12.2 million last year. In the same period, revenues rose only 18% to $231 million. The chain, which owns, manages or fran chises 67 hotels and inns in 56 U.S. cities, currently has an oc cupancy rate 10% above the industry-wide average of 61%. More remarkable, that occupancy level has been reached despite a 21% advance in Hilton's average room rate from...
...utilities from Pennsylvania to California have recently applied for permission to raise their charges. If granted, the increases could add nearly $400 million to U.S. gas and electric bills. Such moves normally stir up only routine opposition, but this year U.S. consumers are displaying an increasing choler over the cost and condition of all kinds of goods and services...