Word: costly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...staff position claims that political involvement will cost PBHA the support of its volunteers. The historical record dissents. Involvement in political stands is nothing new to the organization. PBHA has for years affirmed non-partisan positions on issues ranging from minority hiring to toxic waste. All the while, PBHA has grown until, today, it is the largest student-run public service organization in the country...
...members. Even so, supply has badly trailed demand. In some places club managers strictly enforce time limits to keep people from fighting over the machines. Those tired of the health-club hassle can buy home machines for much less than the $2,000 to $3,400 that professional models cost. The $400 Precor Fitness Climber routinely ranks among the ten top-selling items in the Sharper Image catalog...
...rating when buying appliances. And one more idea that few people know about: replace ordinary incandescent light bulbs with "compact-fluorescent" models sold by major light-bulb manufacturers. They can give off the light of a 60-watt bulb while using only 15 watts of electricity. These fluorescent bulbs cost at least $10, but they last ten times as long as conventional models and will pay for themselves by lowering electricity bills...
...long, many U.S. companies have looked upon the ecology movement as bad for business. Putting scrubbers on smokestacks is expensive, they lament, and drafting all those environmental-impact statements can consume an enormous amount of time and resources. But while cleanup efforts cost money in the short run, they can eventually pay hefty dividends. As more and more firms are discovering, many environmentally sound practices can build up goodwill, win customers and produce a healthier bottom line...
...addition to the purchase price, the city would have to pay the company prime-rate interest if it exercised its buy-back option. After 10 years, it would cost the city approximately $2 million to repurchase the land, Healy said...