Word: frugalities
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...correct that I would have met my obligations better if I had stayed in Zurich. There it would not have been possible for me to accumulate any kind of savings for the benefit of the children until now either, especially considering that my wife has certainly not been frugal. I also have to say, frankly, that the goodwill I encounter among my professional colleagues and the authorities here obligates me to show the greatest gratitude. Everything that they are able to read in my eyes is simply being done. I am a good Swiss; but I make a distinction between...
...consumer. In the hands of canny CEO Terry Leahy, known for his no-frills style ("The only personality I believe in is Tesco," he once said), Tesco has launched in-house lines of food, ranging from economy pasta to hand-stretched Tuscan pizzas, with something to appeal to the frugal and the foodie. Leahy perfected the art of pulling in customers with Tesco's low-cost reputation and then selling them high-margin nonfood items like TVs and home furnishings. And he has successfully developed both mammoth one-stop stores and more modest convenience shops. The strategy has left rivals...
...will spend an enormous amount of time and effort doing a repair job with bits and pieces they've got in their shed. When it's fixed and it works, it's a real victory that you've done it yourself and it hasn't cost a thing." That frugal ingenuity is shared by many rural women, says Wendy Hucker, of the Pioneer Women's Hut museum at Tumbarumba, New South Wales: "People around here still use vinegar and newspaper to clean the windows, kerosene for getting grease marks off clothes, bar soap and cold water for grass stains...
According to Senator Reed, Pentagon officials should also expect questions on the Hill about what is not being spent. Case in point: the Marine Corps, traditionally the most frugal of the services, has borne the brunt of the burden of fighting in Iraq, yet has seen billions pared from its funding. The Marines' new special-ops unit--a pet project of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's--wanted $65 million for such equipment as sophisticated nightscopes and computer-mapping systems, but the Administration refused the request. The Marines are still flying around Iraq in Vietnam-era helicopters--yet $1 billion...
...recovery from Hurricane Katrina has entered a new phase: the financial free-for-all. The President was careful not to get specific about what the "generosity of a united country" might cost, but economists estimate that Katrina's final price tag could easily top $200 billion. While frugal Republicans like Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Arizona Representative Jeff Flake (one of 11 members of the House to vote against the President's relief bill) instinctively called for budget cuts to offset the cost of the recovery effort, few cuts seem politically realistic. And much to the dismay of many...