Word: costs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just forget about electing representatives of the people and leave the whole bundle of wax to the umpteen thousand lobbyists who seem to be directing the traffic as it is? We could save ourselves the cost of some 500 Congressmen and their staffs and make a start at reducing the national debt...
Parish officials, who point out that two white towns also lack running water, say it would cost $200,000 to bring pipes to Ironton. But they recently bought a golf course in a corner of the parish. Asked about these priorities, Chalin Perez replied: "That golf course provides recreation for many people. It's a question of judgment for elected officials to make...
...become the center of ballooning in the U.S. in part because of its mild weather. All three are experienced aircraft pilots, and Newman, who has 6,000 hours flying time, is qualified to handle an airliner. Since ballooning on this scale is an expensive sport (they estimated the cost of their flight at $125,000), the fact that all are wealthy also helped. Newman is president of Electra Flyer Corp., one of America's largest hang-glider manufacturing companies. Abruzzo is a land developer who is also president of the Sandia Peak Ski Co. He and Anderson, the president...
...removing the fluorescent bulbs in its shop-floor vending machines. North Carolina's Sanford Brick and Tile Co. (350 employees) is taking advantage of the mountains of sawdust discarded by nearby furniture factories: it is combining the sawdust with either natural gas or diesel fuel to cut the cost of firing its baking kilns...
Imports are expected to pick up rapidly during the rest of this year and reach new records in 1979, above last year's peak of 8.7 million bbl. a day. These projections have not been lost on the OPEC nations. Although they agreed to continue the cost of crude oil at its present $13 per bbl. when they last met in June, there have been signals from OPEC oil ministers that they may meet again as early as next month to jack up the price about 5%. To the present $42 billion cost of the U.S.'s annual...