Word: frugality
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...loved England and English ways. He moved about banquet halls, diplomatic conferences and secret meetings with the aplomb of a great lord, wore an air that had in it traces of Jewish ghetto life, Slavic exoticism and British rectitude. He had none of the frugal, self-denying asceticism of some nationalists. He loved good tailoring, fine linen, good food. He was probably the only President in history with a complete change of clothes in London, Geneva, New York and Tel Aviv...
...Stevenson stands 5 ft. 9 in., weighs 180 Ibs.. slightly inclined to spread at the waist. Dark hair receding to the middle of his skull; a quick smile, a rueful laugh, eyes that are inclined to bulge. Is a serious, thinking, worrying, hard-working,, self-criticizing introvert. A frugal man, he has an income of about $50,000 a year (mostly from his one-fourth interest in the Bloomington, Ill. Daily Pantagraph...
...they were frugal, possibly of necessity, because I have found out in later years we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then. All that we knew was that our parents-of great courage-could say to us: 'Opportunity is all about you. Reach out and take it. Do you want to go to school? Well, go. What are you afraid of? Do you have to stand around until someone comes along with a fat checkbook and takes care of every possible care or difficulty you can have in that...
Like her mother, Mrs. Hetty Sylvia Rowland Green Wilks was a lonely, frugal recluse. She dwelt alone in a Manhattan apartment, wore cheap, drab clothing, doted on newspaper comic strips. After her death a year ago at 80, officials found her will stuffed in a tin cabinet along with four cakes of soap. It cut off her closest relative, a cousin, with $5,000 (later raised to $140,000 after court action), divided most of the fortune among 63 charities and educational institutions...
...Always a frugal man, Stevenson has bought one new suit since he became governor. A favorite item in his wardrobe is an old pair of golf shoes with the spikes removed. Besides the plane, he uses a state-owned black 1940 Cadillac sedan which has traveled over 300,000 miles. These sparing habits have gained him a reputation as a close man with a buck, whether it is his or the state's. He is not a poor man. He is said to be worth about half a million dollars, with an income, including his $12,000-a-year...