Word: thrift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...delegates got a little opening talk from Ike. His words to the Jersey delegates were typical: "I have no panaceas. Certainly I'm no miracle man. I'll make no promises over and above those I think can be accepted by a wise administration in frugality and thrift ... I doubt if there are any among you so innocent of politics as I. All I can do is put before you what I believe. All I can offer is honesty...
...Eisenhower, Mrs. Hiram Houghton of Red Oak, Iowa, retiring president of the 10.7 million-member General Federation of Women's Clubs, "because he stands for thrift, sagacity, individual enterprise and those things that we believe in most dearly as true Americans...
...Foreign Policies and certainly a lot of New Taxes." In the process, the U.S. is forgetting some of the "Old Virtues"-the virtues "of religious faith . . . of integrity and the whole truth . . . of incorruptible service and honor in public office . . . of economy in government, of self-reliance and thrift...
...over Italy, it seemed, people knew of "Frank's Barber Shop, 629 Westchester Ave., The Bronx, New York, U.S.A." Francesco toiled to answer them. To get old clothes he plagued his friends, neighbors, customers, the men at the station house; he haunted Salvation Army stores and the Jewish thrift shop. He sent every cent he could possibly spare...
celebrates - in her own way - her own birthday. Her 2000th! From the cutting of her huge cake, with its hundred score of candles, 'til the last skyrocket blazes to heaven in late autumn, there's never been such a party. Why not plan to come in the "thrift season" (the spring or fall) ? There's something doing all the time! Paris is scintillating-for it's a very special time . . . Read the varied program of events here -and plan to come. Write us now for booklets...