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It actually coheres very, very well.economize the language. So in English, we have to use a lot of articles and prepositions to do things.
Clay: Yeah. membermale3: So, that just came out and he's pretty anti any kind of-- Clay: Yes, yes he is.membermale3: economized group, organization, right? So, how would you respond to that?I mean, obviously there's these kind of good examples-- Clay: Right, right.
take either a bowl or a pan or skillet that's too small for the job I don'tknow why maybe people are thinking they're trying to economize but you know you've got this huge mass of stuff andyou're trying to work it into this tiny little bowl so just think about that but
You know, you get a hot meal delivered to your door everyday if you're in need.Well, when times got tough and the agencies lost funding, they said 'we've got to economize.' And one really nice way to do that is to deliver more meals, you know, per visit, so ratherthan a live human being coming to knock on your door and hand you a meal and provide a little company everyday, you might get six frozen meals twice a week.
He is an economist. He taught economics for 40 years at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. And so, he's an economist in every sense ofthe word -- professionally, and then, in the fact that he economizes on everything.He did keep the heat at 50 degrees, and I would do my homework at the kitchen table wearing hats and scarves and with my hands on the stove after dinner to try to keep warm.
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