Word: scrimping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wood stoves are not the only energy-and money-saving gadgets for the home. From Casablanca-style ceiling fans to recently developed vent dampers and superefficient furnaces, Americans are turning to technologies old and new to scrimp and save on precious energy...
...killing. Drama Critic Martin Gottfried astutely captures all of that and more in Broadway Musicals (Abrams; 353 pages; $45). After nearly 20 years on the aisle, he provides a knowledgeable guided tour through every avenue and aspect of hits from Oklahoma! to A Chorus Line. In this era of scrimp and save, the 395 black-and-white and color photographs are some thing of a rarity...
What follows at this not-so-grand hotel covers most of the seven deadly sins. Despite its emphasis on tight plotting and revolving guests, the series does not scrimp on atmosphere or the incidental grace notes that so enriched Upstairs, Downstairs. The supply of gifted British character actors seems as inexhaustible as ever. John Rapley does several small but exquisitely understated turns as Louisa's fond, henpecked father; his face looks like a suet pudding garnished with two cocktail onions and a stray mustache. The sets are lavish collages of deep textures and polished surfaces, and the outdoor locations seem...
...wife, a secretary, saved for a year to get a down payment for a $45,000, two-bedroom house on the city's South Side, but were unable to find regular financing under 10.1%. The city-backed loan, Passarello says, "will make the difference between having to scrimp and being able to enjoy our new home...
...roots of the racial violence are familiar: a suspicion of unfamiliar customs and a tendency to blame problems on newcomers. Many Bradfordians complain that destitute immigrants are given cash payments by the government when they disembark at Heathrow Airport, while white pensioners must scrimp along on inadequate retirement pay. Describing herself as opposing immigration, Shopkeeper Patricia Barrow is convinced that the Pakistanis inhumanely slaughter sheep and chickens according to Islamic ritual; she also fears that "colored boys will be hanging around white girls...