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Word: costly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first show, at 8:30 p.m., is already sold-out. Tickets for the 11:00 p.m. show are still available and cost $19.50 for general admission and $12.50 for members of the Irish Cultural Society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

...must store their low-level wastes within the state at taxpayers' expense. Pilgrim and Yankee Rowe produce most of the low-level waste in this state. Because nuclear power depends on materials that stay radioactive for many years, the plants--which will eventually burn out anyway--will continue to cost taxpayers money long after they close. Closing them now would help reduce those costs. The Mass. Executive Office of Energy estimates that residents can save themselves $1.5 billion over the next 20 years by permanently closing Pilgrim alone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yes on Question Four | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...People say Republicans are more politically professional than Democrats, more intent on winning. Do you value winning above all else, winning at any cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Michael Dukakis | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...November 1981, then waited 14 months to get the license papers. It was also necessary to get a Water Quality Certificate from the Vermont department of environmental conservation. All told, permits or approvals were required from almost two dozen federal, state and local boards and agencies, and it cost some $200,000 to get them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Williams River Electric: Hydroelectric Power Tailored For a Country Stream | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...second new embassy on the same downtown Moscow site. This time, to ensure a bug-free building, State Department officials plan to prefabricate most of it in the U.S., ship it to Moscow in pieces and have it assembled by imported American workers with security clearance. Estimated cost: $400 million. Ever optimistic, the Administration hopes to cut that total by dunning the Soviets for $29 million in damages for shoddy workmanship and delays on the initial project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: A $400 Million Bug Bomb | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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