Word: drains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dwindling Reserves. Though tourists and stay-at-home bargain hunters may well save some money on things like British Jaguars and Irish linens, devaluation is likely to prove a severe drain on Lyndon Johnson's dwindling political reserves. If the President makes substantial spending cuts, he stands to lose votes among those directly affected. If he gets his tax increase, he stands to annoy everybody-and the closer to Election Day 1968 the increase is enacted, the more annoyance he is likely to arouse. Nevertheless, nearly all his economic aides-and many businessmen-consider the tax increase essential...
...Drain On Income...
Under the current system, "room and board" payments also include costs for such expenses as senior residence salaries and police protection. Since neither room nor board are paid by students living in non-college housing, a major drawback to independent housing was that it is a drain on the college's income...
Though the scholarships mean a drain on the small income of the school, Ryerson insists that the presence of the students holding scholarships is so essential that they would never be sacrificed. Private donations, added to the school's tuition, have thus far covered expenses...
...young 'un in Sylacauga, Ala., which is just down the road a piece from Gantts Quarry, Jim Nabors was a regular cutup. He used to play tricks with his voice by hollering down drain pipes and talking through knotholes...