Word: thrifts
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...lived most of her 87 years in a country that offered her little opportunity. Now, in her old age, she is finally spending a bit of money on herself, and has given $150,000 to a scholarship fund exclusively for black college students. Instead of congratulating her on her thrift and industry, Michael Kinsley nitpicked about reverse discrimination and quotas [ESSAY, Aug. 28]. One hears scant protest when wealthy alumni donate far greater sums to the Harvards and Yales of America for the benefit of wealthy whites. How quickly white people refer to the Constitution and equal opportunity when their...
...with their heavy baggage of class and compromise. She traveled light, proud of her roots as a grocer's daughter from the small town of Grantham but never tethered by working-class resentments or delusions of inferiority. Her parents taught her the verities they believed in: Methodism, hard work, thrift and the importance of the individual. She has never wavered from them, and they run through the book...
...still pining for a balanced budget, something that Keynesian economists warned would turn the "Roosevelt recession" into another full-fledged depression. Roosevelt's advisers accordingly persuaded him to seek to increase consumption. The answer to the question "What can you do for your country?" became "Consume." Thrift became wasteful, shopping patriotic--laying the groundwork for the I-consume-therefore-I-am society of today...
What's cool about Marion, Indian (his hometown): We have the best thrifts stores of any town. I don't think Marion prides itself on that, but we have three really great thrift stores. I lover garage sale, and there are great garage sales in the summer...
...partner in it.'' Most of First International's income came from the interest on a promissory note issued by Corridor Broadcasting Corp., a firm formed by Hill during the 1980s. In 1986 Corridor borrowed $26 million from a Texas savings and loan to buy two TV stations. The thrift later failed and was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Two years after Corridor's 1991 default, the FDIC sold off the loan for $3.1 million, declaring a $23 million loss to taxpayers in 1993. But in 1994 Hill paid more than $190,000 of Brown's debts, including...