Word: costly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...council has abdicated its duty as the students' representative and become a mere social service agency at a cost to students of $20,000 a year. If the council wishes to justify this expense, it must expand its role beyond the glorified party DJ it currently is to voice student views--views it did not seek in doubling its fees. People will not take the council seriously until it takes itself seriously. As the council takes the significant move of doubling its fees, it must prove that an increase is justified, by taking student concerns seriously and acting upon them...
Tickets for the ECAC quaterfinals will be on sale beginning Monday, February 22. Students must bring coupon numbers 25 and 26 plus four dollars to purchase tickets. Without the coupon, tickets cost seven dollars...
...definitely excited about it," Lind says. "My dad just asked how much it cost...
...introduced to each other has the network covering the Games lost money. Though ABC projects a healthy 21.5 average rating in prime time and commercial time is virtually sold out (up to $300,000 for a 30-second spot), network executives admit that advertising income will not cover the costs. They are spending a reported $100 million on the production, in addition to the whopping $309 million paid for the broadcast rights, more than three times the cost in 1984. The problem developed because the rights were auctioned off before the '84 Winter Games had taken place and before...
...pattern repeated over and over: "Wealth is usually needed to underpin military power, and military power is usually needed to acquire and protect wealth." While worrying about their foes, states playing in the world arena must constantly maintain a delicate internal equilibrium. Armies are required for security, but they cost money. Military superiority by itself is often deceiving, since it may be weakening a state's ability to compete economically and fund future conflicts...