Word: frugality
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Glimp said he is running on a platform of "quality education and frugal spending." He added that he wants "maximum mileage out of every tax dollar...
...unsettling and thought-provoking. Its still difficult to accept wholly but it is clear to me at least that self-searching along these lines will be necessary, a steeling of the mind to reject any lavish but corrupt opportunities that may beckon in favor of a simpler and more frugal, but more satisfying, life...
...palace in Athens and at various residences since the King's departure. The junta has put no limit on any personal funds the King might want to take out of Greece. For his own part, though, the King seems eager to show that he is living a relatively frugal existence...
...evidence on the battlefield was even more persuasive testimony of the extent of the U.S. victory. The North Vietnamese are normally an extremely frugal foe that never leaves even a rifle bullet behind. In their haste to get away from Khe Sanh, they left piles of valuable matériel. In only a cursory search of the area, U.S. troopers counted 182 rockets and mortars, 260,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition, 13,000 rounds of larger-caliber ammunition and 8,700 hand grenades and mines. Several hundred North Vietnamese even left behind their AK-47 rifles, violating the most...
...learning," the budget does not provide a substantial increase in student aid. The U.S. Office of Education will receive an additional 112 million dollars to help students, but Johnson wants more than half of this increase to be used for interest and other payments under his "guaranteed loan program." Frugal congressmen may ignore the President's recommendation that banks receive a service charge of 35 dollars for the cost of paper work involved in administering the plan, since it seems unlikely that Congress will want to appear to be covering banking interests. The rest of Johnson's proposed increase will...