Word: costs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Claiming that a fifth such carrier was not needed, he maintained that its huge cost would divert funds needed for the buildup of NATO forces. The nuclear carrier, he said, would "waste the resources available for defense and weaken our nation's military capabilities in the future." Congressional leaders seemed to agree that he was right. They predicted that, despite the lobbying for the carrier by Carter's onetime mentor Hyman Rickover and other admirals, the veto would be sustained. Said House Majority Leader James Wright: "I voted for that carrier, but I thought the President made...
...committee intends to recall Ray in November for further questioning. But so far the hearings showed that despite the years of controversy and investigation -this one cost roughly $4 million-there is no evidence linking Ray to a broader conspiracy to assassinate King...
Originally, back in 1972, it was to cost a mere $47.9 million. So far, $85 million has been appropriated (and $16 million spent). Earlier this month, the Senate voted to impose a ceiling of $135 million on the project. But opponents claim that the eventual cost will be $200 million. That would make the Senate's new palace the most expensive Government office building ever created...
...Suites for 50 Senators, with two bathrooms per suite, 16-ft. ceilings and teak and cherry wood paneling. (The paneling alone will cost $1.5 million...
...Charter 77's own account, as many as 30,000 people have been rounded up since 1969 by the police and held for varying lengths of time, often in solitary confinement and with little food. In a truly Kafkaesque touch,* the victims are even billed for the cost of their imprisonment...