"Many people felt it cost an arm and a leg to eat at the airport, " said Johnny Chiu, general manager of the company's $ 46 million a year operations at SFO.
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The demonstrators waved placards _ " Diamonds Can Cost an Arm and a Leg " _ and gave postcards to shoppers to send to the presidents of the nation's largest diamond merchants.
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Pleasantly enough, most of the featured wines don't cost an arm and a leg : The average bottle price for the top 100 is $ 36 . 40, down about $ 7 from 2001.
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But a lot of people who also like wine aren't interested in all those aspects; all they want is a good-tasting glass of wine with their meal that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
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One can only assume that this was a Christmas gift for someone very special, because _ although it would be rude to talk about specific sums of money _ it cost an arm and a leg of the four-figured variety.
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There's nothing special about them, except that they tend to cost an arm and a leg and you have to hire some major Poindexter right out of college to run them for you so you can concentrate on making your clients pay.
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Instead of correspondence piling up for months as I struggled to find the time to reply, instead of faxes not going through and cables that cost an arm and a leg per word, I now had a means of delivering messages instantaneously, efficiently and free.
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As a bonus, this strategem also will immeasurably increase the value of religious services in the eyes of consumers, who have been conditioned by marketers to believe that the best things in life cost an arm and a leg, and anything that's free isn't worth having.
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Although there were several long-established cafeteria chains in the South, where an appetite for a hearty, home-style meal that doesn't cost an arm and a leg is not considered as declasse as it is elsewhere, Luby's insistence on quality and attention to detail helped assure a steady expansion.
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While it started in Eureka 18 years ago as a seller of decorative doorknobs and hard-to-find drawer handles for folks refurbishing old homes, the company _ now with 44 stores in 21 states _ has evolved into an innovative merchant of stylish home furnishings that don't necessarily cost an arm and a leg.
