Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
...signed any agreement either, but the P.G.A. "qualified" him as an invited amateur guest. He was also a good item for the pressagent, despite his color. He played an amicable first round with P.G.A. President Horton Smith, who shot a 73. A two-handicap player, Joe shot a 76, but failed to qualify for the final two rounds when he soared to an 82 next...
Tennis is traditionally considered a gentlemanly sort of sport, but last week's annual meeting of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association was boisterous enough to do credit to a baseball gathering of the Happy Chandler era. Item that produced the fireworks: the national rankings...
Arthur Smithies, professor of Economics, said last night that the budget entails inflationary dangers, but that "national security warrants the risk." Expanding this idea, Smithies stated that Congress probably would not touch Truman's 51 billion dollar military request, the largest single item in the budget...
Collector's Item. In New Britain, Conn., the Stanley Works, a hardware firm, filled an order from a Wisconsin motorist: a pair of door hinges for a 1905 Oldsmobile...