``... the position of the vast majority of self - publishing authors is no better than it ever was, though probably there are fewer cartons of books in their garages. (jimchines.com)
Treating a fracture is among the cheapest interventions in modern medicine: Perhaps we would have saved the cost of a few cartons of plaster - of - Paris bandages, several dozen calico arm slings, and several cases of radiography film. (firstthings.com)
Miriam Dean, 40, who is raising an 11 - year - old daughter on her wages from cleaning a laundry facility, said the club often gives her a few cartons of 1 percent milk to take home to help make ends meet. (articles.chicagotribune.com)