Sentence examples similar to Price passage from inspiring English sources

IN KINSHASA, the vast and sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the disabled have enjoyed just two state-sponsored perks: half-price passage on the ferry across the Congo river to Brazzaville, capital of the smaller (and arguably even less democratic) Republic of Congo; and free entry to the city's derelict zoo, which houses a handful of mangy animals.

Travelers lounge on the top deck and receive a cocktail with the price of passage.

(At most of these, the food was included in the price of passage; a few added a surcharge).

David: I guess I agree but that seems to be the price of passage, so it is worth it.

The price for passage has risen to seventy thousand dollars, and new organizations have devised routes through Canada and Mexico.

Eventually Johnson reluctantly agreed to a $6 billion reduction in domestic spending as the price for passage of his tax surcharge.

But others sign up on credit, promising to repay the $40,000 to $50,000 price of passage after finding work in the United States.

A spokesman for Mr. Hodges said he would have preferred a bill honoring only Dr. King but had to accept the Confederate holiday as the price for passage.

But the price of passage was a host of compromises — most painfully for supporters, a sunset provision added late in the legislative wrangling that paved the way for the measure to expire in 2004.

For them the price of passage is often rape.

In this cramped and frightening environment, Gypo Nolan (McLaglen) betrays his best friend for 20 pounds--the price of passage for two from Ireland to the United States.