Word: costly
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...They got some big baskets but it was our own weak play that cost us," Harvard Coach Kathy Delaney Smith said. "We really tightened up in the last few minutes...
...covers the cost of the raw food in each students' meal. Undergraduates on the meal plan pay more than $4 for dinner, but most of the money goes to the kitchen staff. The number of food service workers is not reduced for fast nights, so Harvard does not donate the rest of the money...
...figures are there," Simon insisted in last week's NBC debate. But where are they? The most recent major federal jobs program, the Emergency Jobs Act of 1983, cost $4.5 billion while providing only 35,000 net jobs, or $128,000 per job. At this rate, Simon's scheme to take 7.2 million Americans off unemployment roles would cost $902 billion. Even with a more reasonable cost per job--even with a ridiculously low cost per job--it's hard to see how the new tax revenues will eliminate the $148 billion deficit...
...most crucial cost of the new environment may not be measurable in dollars. The past two years have seen a boom in alleged ethical lapses at even the bluest of blue-chip firms. New York's Sullivan & Cromwell found itself contesting no fewer than four accusations, notably one by an opposing firm that a partner bribed witnesses while representing the widow of Pharmaceutical Heir J. Seward Johnson in last year's estate battle. New York's Paul, Weiss discovered last year that a young associate, Michael David, had masterminded the "Yuppie Five" insider-trading scandal. Attorneys handling corporate mergers also...
Finally, the toys may cost too much for what they offer. Many parents, all too familiar with child-size attention spans, are wary of the latest fad. "I think these toys are getting outlandish," declares Sheila Menzies, 27, a single mother from Burbank, Calif., as she tows her two toddlers through the local Toys 'R' Us. "They are too expensive, and they leave nothing to the imagination...