Word: tab
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expense and expanse of the trial point up a growing anomaly of justice in the U.S. Angela Davis' trial cost California $1.2 million. Daniel Ellsberg's federal prosecution tab has been estimated at as much as $3.5 million. The Patty Hearst extravaganza cost at least $480,000 in Federal Government funds, plus whatever the Hearsts themselves paid. Joan Little's supporters had to raise a $300,000 defense fund, while the state of North Carolina spent at least as much. "The irony is that you have criticism of these expensive and prolonged trials; on the other hand...
...spirit of the athletes may take a beating," says Montreal Olympic Official William Little, "but to protect them, we are going to have to restrict their freedom of movement quite a bit." The tab for "supervision" at Montreal will exceed $100 million-more than $14,000 per athlete-making this the most expensive security operation in history. The police and military force totals 16,000, the largest armed body that Canada has mobilized since World...
...winter's tale that most shocked the theatrical community was the announcement early this year that the American Shakespeare Theatre, established in 1955, was in debt and might well have to close down forever. The tab for mounting a season's productions had risen to $1.75 million, and the AST could not open its doors this year unless $300,000 turned up from somewhere by the start of April...
...sheer quantity of money pouring into Iran's economy raises other difficulties. Pol-e-chah (tea money or bribes and kickbacks) has traditionally added 10% to 15% to the cost of doing business. Now the tab has jumped. A group of Iranian air force officers are awaiting questioning about the building of a $100 million airstrip. According to a government audit, only one-third of the money actually went into construction...
...water fountain." The company has developed a device, easily attached to any copier, that switches the machine on only when the user inserts a plastic identification card issued by his employer. The apparatus is hooked up to a computer that "reads" the cards and keeps a running tab on who has been using each copier-and for how many copies...