Some long-term costs of the bust are still being felt.

But the long-term cost of its departure, many business experts here believe, will be high.

But long-term medical costs and economic losses are often far higher.

Or are they operating at a lower level, which has hidden long-term costs for our society?

Those ideas would reduce the long-term cost of a lower capital gains tax.

But there is also a long-term cost in missed opportunities from having a bad agreement.

The long-term costs are set to soar and there is still a lot of research to do.

The long-term costs will be paid by every other system in the city - and of course by the children themselves.

The long-term, personal, social and economic costs of child abuse are immense.

Obviously, the long-term costs will drive the deficits higher, not lower.