Word: costly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...black-and-white murals have been hanging in Washington's state legislative building since 1981, but most lawmakers have never seen them. Commissioned at a cost of $100,000, The Twelve Labors of Hercules touched off a storm of complaints over their graphic depictions of what critics called kinky sex and death. To quell the controversy, officials covered the murals with gold- colored drapes in 1982. Meanwhile, artist Michael Spafford filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the removal of his work...
...response would be "Why not?" I think it's helpful to the advertisers. They're putting their money into a program to get you to buy their products. If putting money into that program is going to cost them money instead of make them money, it seems only fair to let the advertiser know this...
...have to borrow some $10 billion to acquire Time at the offering price, which Davis admitted at an analysts' meeting would mean no earnings for at least two years and would be a long-term drain on operations. At the very least, the debt would impose the kind of cost cutting that has characterized Laurence Tisch's management of CBS. At worst, it could force the sale of certain assets to meet the bankers' bills. Indeed, almost any of Time's defensive strategies would require heavy borrowing that would sap profits from whatever entity results when the dust settles...
...began, the conflict was largely stalemated. After years of fighting, Tehran lost all hope of victory when Iraq stopped an Iranian drive for the port city of Basra in early 1987; a year later, Iraq began the offensive that eventually brought Iran to the peace table. The fighting reportedly cost both countries an estimated $500 billion. More than 900,000 Iranian lives were lost; 300,000 Iraqis died during...
...offenders are overwhelmingly male, but girls too are capable of vicious crimes. In Escondido, Calif., a 16-year-old girl and three teenage boys went on an arson spree last March. The group set four fires at three schools, causing damage that will cost more than $1 million to repair. A 16-year-old girl from Cape Cod, Mass., who had been drinking stabbed her male cousin, severely injuring...