Word: costly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...police reported there were no injuries and only minor damage to the building, although no official cost estimate has been given...
...thin high-pressurized tires, they are sleek and maneuverable chariots, weighing a mere 10 lbs. Space-age plastics and other materials have made artificial legs and feet lighter, stronger, more flexible and resilient, and much more comfortable to wear. At least six models of prosthetic feet are available (cost: $500 to $2,000 each). When amputee Jim MacLaren, 25, of New Haven, Conn., participates in triathlons, he wears a different type of artificial leg for the biking and running segments. He swims without a prosthesis...
Unions representing airline pilots and independent truckers, citing the unreliability of drug tests, said immediately that they would challenge the legality of the Government's order. Another issue is the cost of administering the tests: $2 billion over ten years, which must be borne by private industry and local mass-transit authorities. They will face fines of up to $20,000 for each instance of failing to comply. The cost is modest, argues Burnley, compared with the estimated $8.7 billion that would be lost in the same period because of accidents, absenteeism and medical-insurance bills created by illegal drug...
...pinch, if low-key pressure fails, Harvard lobbyists "can put out a P.R. campaign that can cost a few thousand dollars," says Ole Anderson, director of the Cambridge Committee for Responsible Research, an animal rights group...
...going negative had its cost. According to the Associated Press, 13% of the voters who backed Bush and 19% of those who favored Dukakis said they made their choice primarily out of dislike for the other candidate, a reminder of Henry Adams' warning that politics can be the systematic organization of hatreds. Without a clear sense of what the candidates stood for, many voters only knew what they did not want...