Word: costly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, the whole commercialism of the holiday is pretty disgusting, too. Even ignoring the fact that Valentine's Day will cost any self-respecting boyfriend or girlfriend upwards of $30 (roses are expensive, you know), the thought of the K-Mart Valentine's Day sale seems about as appropriate as wearing a tie-die shirt to a funeral...
...past and present employees, along with $13 million in pay raises for black workers whose salaries are most out of line with those of their white counterparts. The automaker has promised that future raises and promotions for blacks will keep pace with those for whites, a pledge that could cost $20 million to $40 million over the next few years...
...Foxhall Road residence wasn't ready, and the Bakers wanted to save "about $7,000 in hotel bills." Now, at the ranch, Baker says he is thinking of heading back to Washington a few hours early. "O.K.," says Susan, "but remember we got those supersaver fares, Jimmy. It'll cost extra." "Oh, right," says Baker. "Forget it. I'll go back as planned...
...that these young men, living in such difficult circumstances, would still be concerned about such issues as world peace. And then I came to realize that these weren't peace symbols -- they were the hood ornament from a Mercedes. And they knew everything about a Mercedes, how much it cost, how fast it would go. They knew Mercedes as the car of choice of the drug dealer. Money, greed, reaches all through society...
Although medical experts are skeptical about the effectiveness of vision therapy, hundreds of thousands of Americans have spent big money in the hope of sharpening their sight. A six-month program of weekly 45-minute sessions can cost as much as $3,000. Believers range from anxious parents who want to better their youngsters' academic performance to pro-baseball players like Yankee slugger Don Mattingly who thinks vision exercises help him keep his eye on the ball. Joe Fugaro of East Brunswick, N.J., credits the treatment with improving his trapshooting. "You need to keep your eyes tuned up," he says...