Word: spendthrift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan calls for an end to the years of spendthrift Big Government...
...spend a night in the Executive Mansion, but gossipmongers are already clucking about Nancy Reagan, the spendthrift fashion plate, the extravagant hostess, the gunslinger and, after her press secretary was suddenly removed, the axwoman. Now grapeviners are chortling over the latest rumor, featuring Nancy the demon decorator (with a reprise of the axwoman theme). According to the story, Nancy, while touring her next home, was upset by the appearance of the Lincoln Bedroom. "That wall has to go," she announced. White House Chief Usher Rex Scouten explained that the room is historic and should not be touched, which only convinced...