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...jail terms rather than suspended sentences. He tends to rule in favor of the prosecution in criminal trials. But Souter is also a great supporter of environmental and consumer protection, of victims' rights, and of giving child abuse and neglect cases high priority. He let the government in the skinflint state of New Hampshire know at the end of a suit to recover $206 in mistaken payments from an indigent that he would not look favorably on similar suits in the future. At Concord Hospital, where he served on the board from 1971 to 1985, he did not object...
...sighed. "I said I have to help you rectify your mistake before it is over-whelmingly obvious to everyone that you're a skinflint, and I want to get done by 11, so let's hurry up before it gets too late...
While standing on his own record as a legislator who brings home the bacon for New Hampshire. D'Amours has tried to dismember Humphrey's reputation as a "skinflint" (D'Amours himself refuses junkets and pay raises voted by Congress). Last week the Democrat claimed that Humphrey, in his position on a military preparedness subcommittee, spent "$78 billion in five hours and 49 minutes. That's three million a second...
...being known as a nickel squeezer. In his first term he has so far proudly returned $560,000 in unspent office funds to the U.S. Treasury. In a state where talk of taxation is political suicide, Humphrey, 44, boasts, "Six years ago I promised I would be the toughest skinflint in Washington, and I've kept that promise...
...finding that the market is less bullish. Furthermore, 18 minor-league players were drafted by big-league clubs during last week's meetings; a year ago, just ten players were selected. The Oakland A's-reviving under General Manager-Manager Billy Martin and flush with funds since Skinflint Owner Charlie Finley sold the team to Levi Strauss Chairman Walter A. Haas Jr. last summer-have passed up the free-agent market in favor of acquiring minor-league clubs to develop young players. Other clubs are following suit...