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She's loath to reduce human life to a dollar figure, but willing to make the argument if it motivates penny-pinching politicians to support safer streets.
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The penny-pinching atmosphere of the 1930s produced hypercautious commanders and defective torpedoes.
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Another is recently dead, to the great relief of his widow; a third is penny-pinching on his honeymoon.
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In a penny-pinching year, how shall we pay for ambition?
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This process might seem a bit dull and penny-pinching; that's why my husband chose a wet weekend.
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It's also likely that the deciding factor was simple penny-pinching.
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Thatcher grew up in an era of hardship and penny-pinching, but she also lived in an age of high social solidarity and restraint.
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For example, high-margin, premium-product companies that serve wealthy customers do not belong in businesses where penny-pinching is a source of great pride and celebrated behavior.
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Having made plans for his retirement, he is penny-pinching and shuns credit cards.
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He is rushed to a hospital with chest pains after a particularly stressful script rehearsal (with the penny-pinching backers) and admitted with severe attacks of angina.
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