Word: costly
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Musicians cite the prohibitive cost of instruments and musical training--costs that necessarily extend over a period of several years. "If instruments and lessons are something that only middle-class Blacks can afford, then money might very possibly be a factor," Yannatos says...
...decision to book a trip to the U.S. is a matter of dollars and sense: it is now as cheap for Europeans and Asians to head to America as it is for them to vacation much closer to home. Visiting the sun-splashed beaches of Okinawa costs a Tokyo couple about as much as a hop to Hawaii. For $342, a Parisian can choose either a 1 1/2-hour flight to Corsica or an eight-hour trip to New York on planes chartered by the French tour operator Nouvelles Frontieres. And now that a pound buys $1.87 (up from...
...least some of the thousands of elderly Americans whose life savings are threatened by the astronomical cost of a catastrophic illness, the bill comes just in time. Last week House and Senate conferees approved the Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act, the largest expansion of Medicare since its creation 23 years ago. The new legislation is designed to prevent 31 million elderly and disabled Americans from being wiped out by the crippling cost of hospitalization. Among other things, the bill provides unlimited free hospital care after a $589 deductible is reached, a $1,400 annual limit on doctor's fees...
...expanded coverage is expected to cost $32 billion over the next five years, which will be paid by Medicare premiums of up to $800. Health and Human Services Secretary Otis R. Bowen has championed the bill, and the measure is expected to sail through the House and Senate...
...Australians are aware that adding to their share of the U.S. market means holding the line on quality, quantity and cost. In the short run, that may be difficult: owing to disastrously bad weather, the 1987 crop was quite small, which could mean higher prices. Beyond that, the Australians are $ struggling to cope with 7% inflation, which raises the cost of such necessary imports as corks and aging barrels. Nonetheless, predicts Bernard Portet, the French-born winemaker at California's respected Clos du Val vineyard, "they're definitely here to stay." Portet should know: his brother Dominique was a founder...