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"It should not cost an arm and a leg to take the family to a baseball game or attend your favorite musician's show."
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“It should not cost an arm and a leg to take the family to a baseball game or attend your favorite musician’s show.”
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A 28-year-old British volunteer lost an arm and a leg – saving civilians - but is now stable in hospital.
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He already suspects that “the fancy new computer system that they’ve spent an arm and a leg on” is at fault, and has refused to endorse its figures.
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Police later discovered another arm and a leg.
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