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Word: thriftier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some say it should be plowed into good works, including a few improvements at the 80-year-old red brick church. Thriftier souls say the money should be placed in a trust. A flood of more than 500 supplicants, seeking everything from rent money to a new roof, has compounded the problem. Nor is the situation improving. A second well, adjacent to the first, started spouting oil, doubling the church's monthly income. So far, more than $100,000 has been banked locally, and the money could easily flow to the church for the next 20 to 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illinois: Of God and Mammon | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

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