Word: costly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...else, by inquiring, "Haven't you understood that ever since the first day, you have been the only man in my life?" Will she squander her youth on an aging star? Will he choose indulgence or nobility? These and other unsuspenseful questions can be answered at absolutely no cost by bearing in mind that in tennis, and in most novels about it, love is a synonym for zero...
...hone his message, and he has now compressed it neatly onto a single 3-in. by 5-in. card that he keeps in his breast pocket. Dispensing with the usual homilies about preserving the family farm, du Pont brashly advocates abolishing farm subsidies within five years. Worried about the cost of the baby boom's retirement, he proposes a private alternative to Social Security modeled after IRA accounts. To make public schools more competitive, he wants parents to be able to enroll their children anywhere, regardless of district lines. He also advocates testing students for drugs. He particularly wants...
...last month's incident in Saudi Arabia at the holy city of Mecca, where thousands of Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims staged a bloody riot against Saudi authority. This, in turn, caused other Arab leaders to urge Assad to stop supporting Iran in the gulf war -- a step that would cost him his right to buy Iranian oil at heavily discounted prices. According to Syrian diplomats, Damascus has warned Iran against widening the war to include any other Arab states...
...around New York City, responded to the Axelrod initiative with its own study. While supporting the "overall intent" of the proposed reforms, G.N.Y.H.A. raised a number of problems. Limiting the hours worked by residents could create massive staffing shortages at teaching hospitals, warned the report. In addition, the cost of transferring responsibility from low-paid residents to high-salaried senior staff and implementing other reforms would be staggering: at least $200 million a year for G.N.Y.H.A.'s 70 member hospitals. The report also warned of introducing a "shift mentality" to medicine. This notion, it said, "is generally inconsistent with...
Franchising is hotter than ever. -- Insurance firms face the staggering cost of AIDS. -- Green fever can be deadly in Colombia...