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...frugal Democrat from a working-class district, McCarthy wants a balanced budget and no deficit. Spending $179,332 less than the average member of Congress, she was ranked one of the House's most frugal members this year by the National Taxpayers Union. McCarthy's Republican challenger dropped out of the race in August, but the G.O.P. lost no time in appointing another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MISSOURI | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...vast North Country, federal programs are often a necessity, and McHugh has fought to retain some, like the Milk Marketing Board, which controls milk prices, and the Essential Air Service program, a subsidy that provides a vital air link for many rural communities. Still, he was named "most frugal" New York Congressman by the National Taxpayers Union, and has returned 30% of his staff salary for the past three years to reduce the national debt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NEW YORK | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...frugal customer will choose the $10 handcuffs, which are merely for decorative purposes, Lee says. The lavish shopper can spend $24 for "the Real McCoy...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Sex Toys On Sale | 2/10/1996 | See Source »

BENEFICIARY OF THE YEAR: Anna Nicole Smith, widow of oilman J. Howard Marshall. Runner-up: Yeshiva University, willed millions for women's education by a frugal IRS auditor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Dec. 25, 1995 | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

...PAID ANNE SCHEIBER MUCH mind when she was alive. If anyone at all noticed her outside her Manhattan studio apartment, the frugal spinster, a mere five feet tall, was always dressed in the same cheap black coat and hat. She never bought a stick of furniture. She rarely bought a newspaper. But she did read one diligently. Every so often she would venture out to the local library where she could read the Wall Street Journal without paying for it. And on her little noticed journeys outside her apartment, she would also visit her stockbroker. When she died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEATH AND THE MAVEN | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

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