Many farmers lost hope that the granges could force the railroads to make any real cuts in their costs.

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But the costs were great. More than six hundred thousand men of the North and South lost their lives.

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Toyota says it expects costs and lost sales from its recent safety recalls to total two billion dollars by the end of March.

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The lost opportunity costs of what you could have done with that extra value or smaller expense is exactly how much you have impoverished the local economy.

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But De Puy was "committed to working with patients and hospitals to address medical costs directly associated with the recall, " as well as patients' lost wages and travel costs.

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These figures include health-care costs, lost workdays and the lost earning potential of the dead.

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