Word: upkeep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remains unclear. It originally made the purchase to build a student center there, but the land is much too small for anything of that size. And it does, make a pleasant garden--many of the liberators' comments Sunday centered on the nice job the Fly Club has done on upkeep. When one frisbee player suggested a slight dip in the ground was dangerous, another responded, "But it's perfect for croquet...
Davis said that the exhibit in New York will benefit the collection because the proceeds will be used toward expenses and future upkeep of the glass flowers in the Peabody Museum...
...Fords' person al expenses for food (about $800 a month) and entertainment of private guests (including overtime paid to White House servants) also come out of his $1 1,250-per-month income. The same is true of vacations and insurance, taxes and upkeep on the Fords' 1971 Mus tang, two Jeeps, and residences in Alexandria, Va., Vail, Colo., and Grand Rapids - all of which add up to an eminently comfortable lifestyle...
Entertainment and the upkeep of the house are "inseparable functions," Kiely added, noting that he gives an average of one to two receptions or dinners a week at Apthorp House, the master's residence...
However, he said he differentiated between maid service used solely for the upkeep of large public rooms--a legitimate expense from the entertainment fund--and maids for personal use--"which come out of the master's salary...