Obama had his health care bill, but the triumph had come at a heavy cost.

奥巴马成功推行了自己的医改法案，但付出了沉重的代价。

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The agency is to design its own heavy lift rocket at a cost of three billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Pakistan says India wants to delay talks on Kashmir because it knows that once discussions are underway, it will find itself under heavy foreign pressure to achieve a peace deal at any cost.

CNN: A FAILURE AT THE TOP

An expert witness testifying on behalf of the plaintiffs - the US Department of Justice and the US states affected by the spill - countered that the disaster was a direct result of poor management and heavy cost-cutting at BP.

BBC: BP: Gulf of Mexico oil spill 'shared responsibility'

In Beijing, water rates for home use start at just one yuan (about 12 cents) per cubic metre, far below cost, with heavy users paying a bit more.

ECONOMIST: China