Word: costs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Since the Arab oil embargo nearly every major oil company has been researching technologies for cost-competitive production of fuels from coal, shale and tar sands, with little regard for the environmental consequences. Replacing just ten per cent of the nation's oil production with liquefied coal would require a mining capacity equal to one half of the present U. S. coal output. This would require heavy strip mining, which causes devastating damage to the land...
...University has also found it cheaper to run Harvard Management than to pay outside managers, Putnam adds. This year's HMC annual report says its salaries are "comparable with other first-line institutions," but goes on to say the cost of running the company is one-third of the average in the field...
...game has not cost the species its unquantifiable soul. Enough of that remains to nurture widespread excitement over, let us say, a World Series. A googol may not tell us much about where we stand today, but even Edward Kasner would have appreciated the true human relevance of 4-3 Pirates
...other business, the assembly will solicit reservations from Tuesday to Thursday for a train it is running to New Haven, Conn., for The Game November 17. Round-trip cost to students is $23.75. The assembly needs at least 500 students to pay before it can rent the Amtrak train...
However, the students have to pay for everything for themselves. The club charges $20 to pay for the referees and union dues. The money also goes towards the cost of the beer...