Word: pocketbook
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...course, "champagne is the ultimate festive beverage," and at the "Pro" one can at least find a bottle to match one's personality--if not pocketbook. Of the 40 champagnes for sale, nearly 10 are said to be "Cuvee de Prestige," established brands that are distinctive and expensive...
...Terrorism and the support of "revolutionary movements" are tenets of Gaddafi's foreign policy. Gaddafi in fact seems hardly to have met a terrorist he didn't like--or support. In addition to funding the radical fringes of Palestinian organizations, his hand and pocketbook have been seen behind Colombia's M-19 guerrillas, the Irish Republican Army and anti-Turkish Armenian terrorist groups. He offered sanctuary to the three surviving members of the Black September guerrillas who slaughtered eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games. Gaddafi has turned Libya into a kind of Palm Springs for despots and terrorists...
...Slightly more upscale is The Chart House (60 Long Warf; Aquarium 'T' stop). The setting is warm and tasteful without pretension--wood everywhere, low lighting and not too much noise. Everything--from the clam chowder to the chocolate desserts--is solid, satisfying, and not a huge strain on the pocketbook...
Many union members picked Reagan for the same reasons other voters did: his sunny optimism and his stands on pocketbook and patriotism issues. Ironically, by negotiating ever higher wages, many unions have helped their members climb into the middle class, where they perceive their economic interests to be better served by the G.O.P...
...longer a major concern in people's lives, it is possible that social issues will play a more prominent role in a voter's decision. That could work against the President and the Republican Party. But I do not think this is highly likely. The pocketbook is going to be the dominant concern of Americans for a long time to come...