Word: pocketbook
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...claim of the veterans upon the taxpayer's pocketbook is selfish and altogether unfounded. There is no beatitude which promises the United States' Treasury to the drafted-into-arms, nor was there any heroic self-sacrifice on the part of the most of the men who formed the American Expeditionary Forces. Many of them were drafted, and used every expedient to avoid service. Others of the "veterans" never saw a transport. They have only the precedent of Civil War and Spanish-American War survivors to give them a moral basis for their demand, and thinking people agree that such...
Characteristic of the little torments which University officials invent to rack the pocketbook of thriftless students is the requirement that House members forego not less than a week's meals, if they wish to escape payment for meals which they have missed. If, on the seventh day of the week during which he has declared his intention of buying no meals from the dining halls, a student from afar and absentmindedly orders White Rock and ice in his dining hall, under present rules he is charged for the seven days' meals which he misses...
...have," this long-nosed Swede often said, "and I don't care! What difference does money make?" Since he was said to control the billion-dollar Kreuger & Toll pyramid with slightly over $250,000 key securities, Titan Kreuger's contempt for personal pelf was natural. His pocketbook was always quite lean, but other men seemed always eager to pay the taxi driver...
...Standardized materials without standardized homes were suggested by Frederick J. Kiesler who has done much work on European municipal housing projects. He suggested that every home have a standard nucleus of two rooms, kitchen, bath and garage. The owner could then add to these as his fancy and pocketbook allowed...
...public has suffered a lot," he said last week, "and has been very patient. From now on the public's pocketbook sits in at every conference. We feel that the way to help the country at present is to risk all we can to get something started . . . with as little profit as possible or no profit at all if that will keep the wheels turning." About 35.000 workers have been recalled to the plants already employing 65.000. Both models should be on display next week, production will be well under way in March...