Word: frugality
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Frugal Gourmet, Smith...
Liberal democrats offer only an empty basket of ideas to a frugal, hesitant populace. Barring a severe crisis, the liberal Democratic party has got no arsenal with which to fight the Republicans. The party must choose between a losing idealism at the national level and realism with increased political power...
With a name like Yugo 55, it sounds less like a car than a surrealistic foreign film. But Entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin believes the tiny Yugoslavian vehicle, whose name plate reflects its nationality and horsepower, will appeal to frugal American car buyers. Next spring Bricklin will begin importing 35,000 Yugos into the U.S. The four-passenger, front-wheel-drive auto will carry a $3,990 sticker price that will make it the cheapest new car on the U.S. market. Says Bricklin, 45, a New York City businessman who introduced the first Japanese Subaru to the U.S. in 1968 but crashed...
...Frugal Gourmet, Smith
...books are about women; her male characters are vague sketches or figures of fun. Most of the women lead marginal lives marked by few crises or triumphs; to get by they must be as frugal with their emotions as they are with their money. Many are "excellent women" -the title of one of Pym's best novels-"who are not for marrying." Shy, fastidious, unconsciously formidable, they wade at the edge of life while others swim into the current that leads to husbands or professional status. In a cherishing, detailed manner, Pym provides her solitaries with a minute...