Word: stickering
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...need that brought Washington's point man in Iraq, Ambassador J. Paul Bremer, rushing home last November for unscheduled consultations at the White House. Back then, the U.S. casualty total was climbing steadily and there was no sign of an end to the insurgency; Capitol Hill was reeling from sticker shock over the administration's $87 billion budget request; the Iraqi Governing Council handpicked by Bremer had failed to achieve legitimacy and was making no progress towards drawing up a new constitution. All of that made Bremer's three-year plan for nurturing Iraqi democracy a luxury the Bush administration...
...Harvard’s greatest assets. From the Harvard Ballet Company’s semiannual shows to the countless a capella concerts, we attend an institution rife with artistic outlets. Enthusiasm for the plays, musicals and concerts attended by students, however, is always somewhat dimmed by ticket sticker shock...
...campaign events across New Hampshire, that independent streak is visible among many of the attendees, who take their button and sticker-wearing seriously. Undecided voters will often decline to accept campaign paraphernalia until they are dead-set on a decision...
...year time frame--not to mention the $400 billion price tag--discouraged even the heartiest Mars partisans. A landing date 26 years down the line would be an improvement perhaps, but not a terribly meaningful one. While the current President took care to avoid the sticker shock of his father's plan, he might have gone too far in the other direction. The funding he has offered the program so far is just $1 billion spread out over the next five years, plus a reallocation of $11 billion already in the NASA budget--hardly adequate cash for a nation planning...
...bags, $1,200 apiece, are so soft they could have been made from taffy rather than leather. But they still look sophisticated enough to take to work. Hogan: Part of the Tod's Group, Hogan's stylish bags have the same legendary quality but less of the sticker shock. The company's spring bags, aimed at the up-and-coming business executive, are classy enough to hold their own against more pricey models from the likes of Prada or Gucci. The Anelli bag is a steal...