Word: costs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...meeting Heaman expressed his disapproval of a survey on four grounds: 1) that it would cost too much money; 2) that no firm of experts was available in the area; 3) that machinery for examination already existed in the form of House Food Committees and Visiting Committees; and finally 4) that an investigation would imply official inefficiency, would give the Dining Halls administration bad publicity, and lower the morale among the staff...
Later, Harry Truman said he thought the whole show had been magnificent, though he wondered "where it will all end." He meant the cost: his most persistent question was "How much...
...cost of a national health service had originally been estimated at ?100 million annually, then revised upwards an additional ?61 million by the time the plan went into effect last July. Now, eight months later, Health Minister Aneurin ("Nye") Bevan announced that the Health Service would need ?58,455,000 more than its budget had planned. Thundered Winston Churchill: "Grossest carelessness . . . wild miscalculations...
...Tories could cite some whopping examples. Bevan's budget had set aside ?2 million for spectacles, but Britons-many of whom previously fitted their own specs at Woolworth's-had run up the cost by a cool ?11 million over that. Bevan had been 550% off in his estimate. About a fifth of Britain's population had sat its turn in the dentists' chairs; the bill was ?12 million (250%) over Bevan's estimate...
...been more perilous. Eagle Lion-the first addition to big-time U.S. film studios in 14 years-was at last making good. Under able President Arthur B. Krim, a 38-year-old lawyer who tackled his job with virtually no movie experience, E.L. has become a model of efficient, cost-cutting operation. It has kept down overhead by steering clear of long-term contracts with high-priced stars and directors. Periodically, it has shut down until it could prepare four to six films for almost simultaneous (and thus economical) shooting. On the average, it has managed to squeeze about three...