Word: frugalities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sick, fed up, had it, with all the guides to economizing [April 8] that are appearing in magazines now during the current inflationary period. Lots of us have lived this frugal way all our lives...
...difference between the two Kings could hardly be greater. A man of severely modest tastes and frugal habits, Feisal smokes cigarettes only in private, never drinks and apparently has no leisure-time activities. Islamic law permits polygamy, but he had two wives at one time only briefly in the 1940s, and then only to help cement a political alliance for his father. In all, Feisal has been married four times, divorced twice and widowed once. His present wife of nearly 40 years has borne him four daughters and five sons. The daughters are rarely heard of; the sons, along with...
...Beame has adopted the world view of the machine politician; he is the reflection of the political organization's view of the electorate. He is conservative and frugal, hopefully competent and hard-working. This is the view that convinced McGovern that he had to turn to the right in the midst of his 1972 campaign, and this is the view that induced Herman Badillo to make a television commercial in the middle of his run-off battle with Beame showing him proudly parading in front of his expensive home in Riverdale (an exclusive section of the Bronx), trying to convince...
Businessmen, too, are turning frugal. Inventory buildup, which has contributed much to the corporate spending surge, decelerated by 50% in April, to $720 million. That is by far the smallest outlay in the past nine months. Capital spending plans are also being curtailed. In May, for example, a McGraw-Hill survey reported that businessmen round the country intended to raise plant-and-equipment spending this year by 19%. The latest Government study in June put the increase at a more modest 13%. Otto Eckstein, another member of TIME's board, predicts that the increase in capital outlays...
...news agency. Unlike Soviet Communism, which Fides stigmatized as pragmatic and economic, Maoist doctrine is "a moral socialism of thought and conduct." The People's Republic of China "looks toward the mystique of disinterested work for others, to inspiration to justice, to exaltation of a simple and frugal life, to rehabilitation of the rural masses and to a mixing of social classes...