| 单词 | spendthrift |
| 例句 | These visits to the zoo holding on to the hand of some conceited spendthrift suitor gave her a lifelong horror of enclosures, walls, cages, and isolation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Tomony who owned the pawnshop came home in a hansom cab from his spendthrift evening in New York. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That she's a spendthrift and loves to gamble and entertain with extravagant parties. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Travel magazine wrote, “The Osage Indian is today the prince of spendthrifts. Judged by his improvidence, the Prodigal Son was simply a frugal person with an inherent fondness for husks.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At the same time he was more of a carouser and spendthrift than ever. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The prestige of his outlandish voracity, of his immense capacity as a spendthrift, of his unprecedented hospitality went beyond the borders of the swamp and attracted the best-qualified gluttons from all along the coast. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Besides, there was something unquestionably odd about the way Henry was constantly shelling out money to him: paying his tabs, footing his bills, doling out cash like a husband to a spendthrift wife. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z How can I persuade my parents not to be spendthrifts on our dime? I Support My Parents Financially. Can I Have a Say in Their Spending? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Once aloof from the spendthrift ways of neighboring Dubai, Abu Dhabi — which, so far, has not experienced the unrest many Arab countries are facing — is now ticking off items on a five-star shopping list. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Abu Dhabi 2011-04-07T21:18:51Z The imagery of night versus day in “Tristan” also runs through the reign of Ludwig, who made that opera possible while also bankrolling Wagner’s spendthrift habits and extravagant ambition. Visconti’s Operatic Autopsy of German History, Restored Anew 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z This one is Tom Rakewell, whose spendthrift ways lead to penury and madness. Cultured Traveler: In London, Private Homes on Display 2010-12-31T19:55:00Z Once the papers are signed, the innocent bride becomes a bullying, shrewish spendthrift, a transition that is nicely handled by Ms. Buratto. Review: ‘Don Pasquale’ Returns to the Met, With a Bravura Aria and More 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s the color of the Virgin Mary’s robe, used in the Impressionists’ sumptuous seas and skies, favored by a depressed Picasso and a spendthrift Vermeer. Now supply-chain woes have come for the color blue 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z But there will always remain the risk that a more spendthrift Congress will blow through the cap. Report: Obamacare's High-Risk Pool Spending Doubles Government Estimates 2012-02-26T01:05:16Z Coby Bell, who plays the spendthrift wide receiver Jason Pitts, became a regular on “Burn Notice,” and Pooch Hall, who plays the rising star Derwin Davis, took a role on “Accidentally on Purpose.” Television: ?Game? on: More Real Than Reality TV 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z His genius made him a young multimillionaire, but he lost much of his fortune through a spendthrift lifestyle and a poor understand- ing of investments. Ron Collins obituary 2011-03-21T18:29:35Z And not a single account of doctors acting on behalf of spendthrift relatives, putting oldsters to death to clear out room in the basement. College costs too high? Sort through your drawers 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It deals with a spendthrift hero who, fawned on when his credit is good, is rejected when poor and retreats into misanthropic isolation. Timon of Athens - Review 2012-07-18T00:23:36Z Fallada was an unattractive character: a heavy drinker and a morphine addict, he was self-centred, spendthrift and quarrelsome. Right to write 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z I heard my generation was full of squanderers and spendthrifts, but this really does take the avocado. Young Americans are paying $600 to learn social skills. They should take my advice 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Furthermore Owens was wildly spendthrift and vaingloriously indiscreet. Double Agent Snow by James Hayward – review 2013-01-04T22:55:13Z And embedded in a texture of spendthrift immensity — stacked with extra tubas, contrabassoons, bass clarinets and 24 timpani — individual voices sound frightfully naked. Review: A Rediscovered Symphony Radiates Cosmic Grandeur 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z My aunt was not a spendthrift, but she encouraged me to be. You can't resolve your way through New Year's grief 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z It tells in pictures the salutary tale of a man driven to madness by spendthrift folly. Rude Britannia at Tate Britain: no laughing matter 2010-06-15T13:50:00Z We're constantly lambasted as feckless, spendthrift, idiots and gamblers by our European superiors. Bloomsday: a rare chance to feel good about being Irish 2012-06-16T09:59:01Z Opposites attract, unquestionably; there are peaceable, unpredictable couplings of carnivores and vegetarians, dog lovers and cat lovers, spendthrifts and cheapskates. Cultural Studies: Hand-Holding Across the Aisle 2010-09-24T19:30:00Z A manager who dipped into theirs excessively, taking out more than the widely embraced standard of 5 percent, could put themselves at risk of being cast as shortsighted, or worse, a spendthrift. The Sacrosanct Endowment? Not Anymore for Some Arts Groups 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z I was a careless dishwasher and a laundry spendthrift, oblivious to the expense of each laundromat visit. The Lockdown Gave My Parents a Honeymoon Do-Over 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z It's too in love with the surface details of Victor's spendthrift life to worry about pace, and the romance Mills constructs for Ben is icky beyond belief. Thrillers roundup – reviews 2013-07-04T09:00:00Z They were spendthrift collectors of autographed movie memorabilia. Review: ‘Landscapers’ Is Not Your Typical True-Crime Love Story 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Tap dancers are a quick-to-splinter and hardly spendthrift tribe; New York real estate isn’t free; and musicians rightly want to be paid. Critic's Notebook: Tap Dance Jams at Smalls, Led by Michela Marino Lerman 2012-08-31T16:32:28Z If that mends the miserable American health, transportation and public education system without cutting into the country’s dynamism, then more power to the spendthrift. Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z With the spendthrift imagination of youth, he created miniature narratives for each étude that traversed multiple states of mind. Music Review: Daniil Trifonov Returns to Carnegie Hall 2014-02-07T22:28:20Z The often raging elder Joyce, dissolute and spendthrift, plunged his wife and children into misery and fear. Review | For famous writers, father didn’t always know best, but he provided plenty of inspiration 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z She claimed her spendthrift husband was buying and somehow hiding vehicles. Perspective | Ask Amy: Bestie’s packed schedule doesn’t leave time to visit 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Nations ruled by aristocracies were more impulsive, spendthrift and violent. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z He was famous in a spendthrift industry for how careful he was with money, saving as soon as he began to earn, and making stock market investments. Norman Wisdom, last survivor of the music halls, dies aged 95 2010-10-04T23:21:00Z Jeanne learns that her husband is both miserly and chronically unfaithful, and her only son proves to be a spendthrift wastrel who depletes the family fortune, leaving her in near-poverty toward the end. ‘Une Vie’ Brings a Guy de Maupassant Novel to the Screen, at Last 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In the late middle ages, Britain's spendthrift kings were bankrolled by ingenious Italian bankers. Velázquez: the artist of Spanish decline 2012-06-11T09:48:33Z While her tour company isn’t budget, many of the travel lessons Whitman has learned come from her earlier spendthrift travels. Four experts on cheap travel share their best tips for maximizing value while vacationing 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z He affectionately recalls Wailer as a demanding spendthrift who refused to play Italy because that country had invaded Ethiopia in 1935. ‘The Half That’s Never Been Told,’ by Doctor Dread 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z And the frustrations certainly aren’t new to those fans, who have watched this spendthrift organization reach the postseason just once in the past 22 years. Paul Sewald points out obvious about Mariners: They don’t spend, so they don’t win 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushed through legislation on Thursday waiving the nation’s debt limit until January 2025, overcoming obstacles put up by defense hawks, conservative spendthrifts, and even environmentalist Democrats. Senate passes debt limit bill, averting first-ever default 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z This hospitality and his spendthrift ways attracted many merchants. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But explicit taxes are politically unpopular, and many citizens wouldn’t approve of excessive government spending if they simultaneously had to pay high taxes to finance their spendthrift government. You’ll be poor and like it 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The last was in 1821, for the rotund, spendthrift George IV. One of the reasons it was the last? Essay: Which king hired bouncers to block the queen from his coronation? Astonishing moments in British crowning 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Here’s what typically happens to spendthrifts who clear their debt. Advice | Four reasons a credit-card balance transfer may be a bad idea 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Fiscal hawks have called for the Japanese government to walk back its monetary policies, which they argue have provided too little bang for the buck and turned the government into a spendthrift. A Surprise Pick to Lead the Bank of Japan Faces a Wrenching Choice 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z You could go into one of these meetings convinced that a woman is a selfish spendthrift, and come out convinced instead that her husband is a tight-fisted tyrant. Letter from Africa: Prince Harry and a royal scramble for the continent 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Republicans often say their regular refusals to raise the debt ceiling are about fiscal prudence and reining in spendthrift Democrats. Opinion | A horror-film cliche is playing out in Washington. Will Democrats stop it? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Even more spendthrift shoppers in China are tightening purse strings, sector watchers say, as the country's harsh COVID-19 curbs have slammed the economy. Global cargo market sags as softer economy points to gloomy Christmas 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Sacrifice sheer consumer quantity in favor of quality spendthrifts? Travel execs are not here for your penny-pinching 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The reason massive stars are such spendthrifts is that, as we saw above, the rate of fusion depends very strongly on the star’s core temperature. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Following the election of President Obama and the Democratic takeover of the Senate, the concern over deficit spending shifted parties, with Republicans championing a spendthrift policy as a way of resisting Democratic policies. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t want it to sound like they were being stupid or spendthrift. They were doing the right thing to respond to these problems,” Noble said Friday. ‘No obvious way out’: Seattle facing $117 million revenue shortfall in 2023 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z "People have remembered her as being eccentric, grumpy, prickly. She gets accused of being both a miser and a spendthrift - and that she did unpleasant things." Sabotage and pistols - was Ellen Willmott gardening's ‘bad girl’? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z I am not a spendthrift, for sure, but I haven’t been frugal either, and I sometimes feel guilty because I think maybe I should have been. How Much Help Do I Owe My Debt-Ridden Dad? 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Do you set unrealistic expectations to make up for your spendthrift parent? In Your Debt: Money red flags can make or break a couple 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z But just as importantly, such framing falsely implies that this is a clash between spendthrift progressives and the more fiscally restrained moderates. What do "centrists" want? Cutting back Biden's agenda isn't moderate — it's reckless 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The official silence could also send a message to spendthrift corporate executives about facing the consequences of their actions — a message in line with Beijing’s broader attempts to rein in the private sector. As Evergrande Teeters, Chinese Media Walks a Fine Line 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z For many spendthrifts, these platforms are not a mentally safe space. Perspective | Financial ‘FOMO’: How Facebook and Instagram can lead to bad spending habits 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The hardest parts of the pandemic will pass, but the question is whether consumers will return to their spendthrift ways — revolving high-interest credit card debt. Perspective | Millions of consumers paid down their credit card balances during the pandemic. Let’s keep this trend going. 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Republicans have mostly said no, casting it as a bailout for spendthrift blue states. Virus Did Not Bring Financial Rout That Many States Feared 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z For those spendthrifts whose incomes weren’t affected by the coronavirus crisis, the pandemic pause created an opportunity for them to change their ways. Perspective | With vaccinations underway, the economy needs consumers to spend again. But don’t, if you have debt. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Or a parent may be wary about giving a spendthrift son the same as his responsible sister, she said. The Unequal Inheritance: It Can Work, or It Can ‘Destroy Relationships’ 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Do that a few times too many and you’ll revert to your spendthrift instincts. Spend Less, and Smarter, in 2021 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z That would end a system, devised in 1916 by reformers who imagined governors were nobly above the partisan fray while legislators were irredeemable spendthrifts. Opinion | Why Marylanders should vote yes on these two ballot questions 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Every first lady endures a certain level of scrutiny, a weighted seesaw of criticism and praise — where some saw Jackie Kennedy as a fashion icon, others considered her an elitist spendthrift; ditto Nancy Reagan. Stop treating Melania Trump as an enigma. She's a bare-knuckled political player 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z In 2005, amid concerns that spendthrift consumers were abusing the bankruptcy system, Congress tightened the laws, increasing the cost of a case and requiring legal fees to be paid upfront. Federal Aid Has So Far Averted Personal Bankruptcies, but Trouble Looms 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z But there is little evidence in modern times of this being true of businessmen presidents; indeed, with their tax cuts and increases in defense spending, Republican presidents since Reagan have famously been spendthrifts. Do business leaders have any business being president? Available evidence says no 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Bargain hunters and spendthrifts alike descended on the High Streets, with some retailers seeing long queues and others reporting a quiet start to trading. Shops reopen: 'People queued for a hour to enter' 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Brown had gone from wise guy to wise man, from skinflint to a bit of a spendthrift; the bullet train caught his eye and his imagination, though it also courted controversy. Review: Jerry Brown gets the biography he deserves 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z They are, like everyone, at the mercy of whimsical, spendthrift monarchs, the king a “large, pious, conscientious boy”, the Queen wearing “diamonds like naked blades”, and a selfish aristocracy. My favourite Mantel: by Margaret Atwood, Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright and more 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z As Joyce's spendthrift father slid down the social ladder from landlordship to bankruptcy, the family moved house to house to avoid outstanding rent bills. Exhuming bones and resurrecting house of The Dead 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z After the Conservatives’ disastrous campaign in 2017, Hammond complained that his party had not focused enough on the economy as an issue, contrasting a spendthrift Labour party with Tory fiscal rectitude. Labour derides £1.2tn Tory costing claims as 'work of fiction' 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Back from the honeymoon, you’ll return to your old spendthrift ways. Perspective | Trust me: You need to start saving now so you can fly last-minute to be there for someone you love when the time comes 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Fine Gael likes to portray itself as the responsible party of sound money, as opposed to the spendthrift opposition. Cautious Irish budget expected amid no-deal fears 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The Warren proposal hits the frugal executive hard but leaves the spendthrift without a scratch. Yang vs. Warren: Who Has the Better Tax Plan? 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z “I love what this president has done on the economy, but the fiscal record on spending has been pretty spendthrift.” Trump not balancing budget ‘very quickly,’ as promised on campaign trail 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z The debt ceiling, which has been around in some form for about a century, is sometimes portrayed as a way to impose fiscal discipline upon spendthrift legislators. Opinion | Abolish the debt ceiling — no strings attached 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Iacocca never forgave Ford, and he described his former boss as a spendthrift and dictator. Lee Iacocca, auto executive who saved Chrysler from bankruptcy,... 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z His London mayoralty was vain and spendthrift, crowned by his massively unsuitable appointment as foreign secretary by Theresa May. Hunt and Johnson are wildly different, but it’s the latter who can deliver Brexit | Simon Jenkins 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Rome narrowly avoided an EU disciplinary procedure over its spendthrift policies last December, striking a “borderline” deal with the Commission which the EU executive said was “not ideal”. EU vote points to less ambitious euro zone integration, more Italy... 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Under Ballmer, the team has shed a spendthrift reputation and expanded a shoestring staff in an attempt to catch up to its peers. Clippers’ brain trust continues to meld in preparation for huge offseason 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Republicans, now thoroughly disarmed concerning the issue of fiscal probity, struggle to frighten the 2020 electorate with the specter of spendthrift socialists threatening the Republic. Opinion | America is borrowing from the future. It’s decadent. 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In the months since, Ram’s share of the full-size truck market surged to 24% from 19% as it swiped spendthrift buyers from more pedestrian machines. New $70,000 pickup trucks come with Mercedes prices but Subaru extras 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z “His lazy, spendthrift nature and unpleasantness to his wife, Queen Caroline, seems to have won him the accolade,” said the historian Andrew Roberts. Banquets and bloody divorces: Britain’s most extravagant monarchs 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Clearing her throat, she started to read aloud: “Workers earn it, spendthrifts burn it, bankers lend it.” How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Politics usually is grounded in grievances, and Hampel nurses AfD’s originating complaint, which was that Germany’s role under the European Union’s common currency has been to bail out slothful, spendthrift Greeks and other Southern Europeans. Opinion | Alternative for Germany is a Rorschach test for anyone watching the country 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z But he’s not quite the spendthrift Crane is. ‘School, football, Fortnite’: For WSU Cougars, the real battle begins when they leave the field 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Her legal team argued that though she was clearly a "spendthrift", she was not "a fraudster" or likely to flee the country. Woman who spent £16m in Harrods arrested 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The harshest criticism is directed against former President Dilma Rousseff and her spendthrift policies which turned Brazil's fiscal surplus into a ballooning deficit that is now crippling growth and job creation. Can Bolsonaro ride the 'Bullsonaro wave'? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Maybe you grew up poor, so now you’re a spendthrift, but your spending frustrates your frugal spouse, so you think winning the lottery will fix the issue. Perspective | You didn’t win the Mega Millions? Good. 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Most of the paper’s criticisms relate to what it depicts as Jealous’ spendthrift economic policies. Washington Post picks a side in Maryland race — the side that’s offering billions to Amazon 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z With the deduction capped at $10,000, residents of high-tax states must pay nearly full freight for what happens in their spendthrift capitals. Opinion | Ignore Our Numbers—Please 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Attorney Uzo Asonye described it only as “ostrich,” which called to mind some fluffy extravagance covered in colorful plumage and underscored the point of bringing up the jacket at all: Manafort isn’t just a spendthrift. Perspective | Paul Manafort’s ostrich jacket pretty much sums up Paul Manafort 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Members of Congress from spendthrift states may be less inclined to legislate a solution. Springtime for Internet Taxers 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z In Sri Lanka, the opposition united to beat a spendthrift, vicious autocrat. After decades of triumph, democracy is losing ground 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z I am not saying it does not help, but the absence of an allowance does not produce spendthrift children, either. Perspective | No, an allowance does not teach your children how to manage money 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z It’s not implausible to imagine, as Mr. Macron does, that they might one day prefer to exercise more fiscal control over their spendthrift neighbors via a supranational finance minister. Follow the Money—and Macron’s Vision—to Europe’s Future 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z A French flop, on the other hand, could make Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Barcelona look like spendthrifts. Column: A half-billion dollar problem for France’s Deschamps 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z A spendthrift trust would not only prevent your kids from blowing through any money left in the IRAs. Their kids are spendthrifts. How do parents protect them with a trust? 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z But love is laziness, the gift of each other’s time, to spendthrift or invest. Read an excerpt from Luna author Ian McDonald’s heartbreaking new time-travel romance 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Not all contribute to their own campaigns, though, and few are as spendthrift as would-be governors of Illinois. In Illinois politics, money talks 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z In my relationship, I'm the spendthrift but my husband sucks at paying bills, we work together to keep each other on the straight and narrow. Millennials Are Saving for the Future, if They Can Afford To 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z In many ways this was the Premier League at its brash, spendthrift, shopaholic post-window best, with intriguing little nuggets of rejig and relocation shot through both teams. Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey goes on hat-trick rampage against Everton 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z In theory, this limit is supposed to impose fiscal discipline upon spendthrift politicians. Opinion | Trump’s tax cuts are rocketing us into the debt ceiling 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z In the latter role he helped draft the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, a modest but genuine legislative brake on Congress’s most spendthrift tendencies — and the inspiration for his Twitter handle. Opinion | In a house fire, America loses a devoted servant 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The prospect of an election without Lula has cheered financial markets, which fear that he would resume Ms Rousseff’s spendthrift policies. Brazilian ex-president Lula’s corruption verdict does not end his career 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The previous financial woes of Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s spendthrift president, have been well documented. In South Africa, more people have loans than jobs 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s the most spendthrift time of the year — a period when materialism is integral to tradition. How the mall, once a pop-culture touchstone, fell out of fashion 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z The shaky island government, spendthrift in the past, will have to convince Washington that it is reform-minded, as with the recent resignation of the head of the dysfunctional power authority. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z In a country that is more spendthrift than most of its Latin American neighbors, the message resonated with voters. Sebastián Piñera Wins Presidential Election in Chile 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z His first big task will be to deal with the legacy of Rio’s spendthrift era. Rio Tinto puts its faith in driverless trucks, trains and drilling rigs 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Nixing deductibility “threatens the political livelihood of spendthrift lawmakers across the nation,” Mr. Bartlett exulted at the time in an article for the Heritage Foundation. Tax Plan Aims to Slay a Reagan Target: The Government Beast 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Grassley’s remarks suggesting that those of us not in the top 1 percent for income are spendthrifts and wastrels were deeply offensive. Estate-tax remarks: Disdainful 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z In fact, Mr Mugabe is under a form of house arrest and the army is rounding up leading politicians aligned to a faction associated with his spendthrift wife, Grace. Robert Mugabe clings to his title, as crowds holler for him to go 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z When George W. Bush’s tax cuts were introduced—despite opposition from more Republican congressmen than have dared speak against Mr Trump’s more spendthrift proposals—it was half its current level. Fiscal conservatism, RIP 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The spendthrift ways are partly a reflection of the times, with strong economic indicators and markets reaching new heights. Trump Ran Against Wasteful Spending. Now His Own Cabinet Is Under Fire 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Chinese families are nowhere near the borrowing levels of spendthrift Americans, whose household debt is equal to more than three-quarters of the annual economic output of the United States. As China Piles on Debt, Consumers Seek a Piece of the Action 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Flushing money down the toilet is usually only a metaphor, reserved for spendthrifts or those casual with their cash. In Geneva, ‘Dirty Money’ of Another Kind — Flushed Down the Toilet 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z I didn’t want them to grow up being spendthrifts. Perspective | Allowing children financial freedom can pay off 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z The generals on both sides were gambling with young lives like spendthrifts in a grim and grisly game of death across a network of trenches separated by 40 yards of desolation called “no man’s land.” France tour shows where American WWI heroes were made 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z That certainly describes the spendthrift recklessness of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. The power of populists 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “Do you know what kind of clothing they wore?” a prosecutor asked, trying to paint residents as spendthrift leeches. No water for poor people: the US citizens who risked jail to seek justice 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The result, argues Ehtisham Ahmad of the London School of Economics, is that aid money plays the role resource riches do in some other countries, encouraging spendthrift government. Pakistan’s old economic vulnerabilities persist 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Merely by invoking Corbyn and Labour’s reputation as a spendthrift party, the Tory thinking went, the government would be returned to power with a much-enlarged majority in the House of Commons. Jeremy Corbyn Is Surging by Using Bernie Sanders’s Playbook 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Ossoff’s campaign have attacked Handel not as a Trump toady, but as a spendthrift who used public resources to acquire a luxury car and decorate an office. If Democrats don’t win one of three upcoming special elections, how can they take back the majority in 2018? 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z "The notion that millennials are spendthrifts, that they have a penchant for frivolous expenditures. The data we have suggest otherwise." Why you can't afford a house (Hint: It's not the avocado toast) 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Trump is the spendthrift of our public character, squandering an inheritance he does not understand or value. Opinion | The real test of our tolerance for Trump comes now 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z While other big U.S. banks have carried out massive layoffs and cost-cutting over the past several years, Wells Fargo has been a relative spendthrift. Wells Fargo management expected to woo shareholders with new cost cuts 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Such conservative group as the American Legislative Exchange Council and Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Foundation here in Pennsylvania, who are hardly spendthrifts, oppose the re-imposition of mandatory minimum sentences. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Particularly with a spendthrift Democratic supermajority in control of the Legislature, Prop. California Editorial Roundup 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Their father, depicted throughout Truevine as a dangerous spendthrift and wastrel, was murdered by a husband who found him in bed with his wife. American freakshow: the extraordinary tale of Truevine’s Muse brothers 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z But for a “Who’s he?” like Ziegler, they think they smell baseball’s legendary spendthrift habits with money. Perspective | Nats are lost in the supermarket, unsure how much they have to spend 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z And a Republican governor can thunder against spendthrift lawmakers while benefiting from their generous budgets. When One Party Has the Governor’s Mansion and the Other Has the Statehouse 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z That independence can, for example, provide a tax advantage or prevent a spendthrift beneficiary from plowing through an inheritance. How to Hide $400 Million 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Indoors, he had a front-row seat for adult matters, especially his father’s dealings with a spendthrift uncle who seemed to take money from his father freely and with impunity to pay the loan shark. The Passion of Martin Scorsese 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z While most of the top six survived this change, spendthrift Manchester United were sent spiralling down to 13th and bargain basement Burnley suddenly hit the top four. The ‘real’ Premier League table: Liverpool top, Burnley fourth, West Ham bottom | Simon Burnton 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z They are generally friendly to business, their spendthrift populism aside. Suspended animation 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Major U.S. airlines are carving up cattle class, hoping to nab every customer from the tightwad to the spendthrift amid intensifying competition from discount carriers and declining ticket revenues. U.S. Airlines Offer More Coach Choices 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z That ought to be a salutary warning to Latin America’s more spendthrift politicians. The impeachment country 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Nicole is a reckless spendthrift, happy to blow the money she owes her roommate for the electric bill on box braids, a la Janet Jackson in “Poetic Justice,” for a ’90s-themed house party. MTV doubles down on the female-fronted comedies with 'Loosely, Exactly Nicole' and 'Mary + Jane' 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z To the ire of many Tokyoites, Mr Masuzoe’s spendthrift ways will now trigger another city election this summer, projected to cost around ¥5 billion. Another one bites the dust 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Bond traders were supposed to act as “vigilantes”, keeping spendthrift governments in check. Feeling low 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Money Talk: How to structure an inheritance for a spendthrift heir » Are you on track for retirement? Do the math 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z A spendthrift trust is not a do-it-yourself project. Money Talk: How to structure an inheritance for a spendthrift heir 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Since Puerto Rico approved a debt moratorium this spring, the choice is between a chaotic default dictated by the island’s spendthrift politicians and an orderly debt restructuring guided by Congress. Puerto Rico’s Inflection Point 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z First, a catalyst: nationalist Euroscepticism is an expression of fury at an establishment that, in straitened times, appears to do too much for spendthrift southern Europeans and migrants, and too little for local strivers. The new J-curve 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z To reinforce his call for caution, Brown turned to Aesop’s fable of the thrifty ant and the spendthrift grasshopper. California Editorial Roundup 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z He’s also eager to expand beyond the Libertarian community, saying that his products are on the verge of being adopted by customers that would dwarf the spendthrift third-party convention. At the Libertarian Convention, where blockchain evangelists dream of a perfect election 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z You’re probably used to thinking of Clinton as just another spendthrift liberal, oblivious to fiscal restraint. Actually, Hillary Clinton is a fiscal conservative — look it up 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Even in spendthrift Japan, the recovery plan of Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, is threatened by his determination to raise the rate of consumption tax in order to reduce the deficit. Money from heaven 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z But Wiley’s spendthrift ways on the Walker campaign were the subject of heavy criticism, including at the time from the Trump campaign. Donald Trump hires veteran GOP operative Rick Wiley 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Europe’s economic crisis was a stew with many ingredients, from spendthrift governments to inadequate safeguards in the banking system. Lean on me 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Even if you don't consider yourself a spendthrift, pulling back on discretionary purchases for savings goals requires self-restraint. How to Cultivate Mindfulness to Curb Spending 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z "And it falls to us, the Conservatives, the only party fit to expose these spendthrift, out-of-touch, dogmatic, inept Nationalists for what they really are." David Cameron warns of SNP 'one party state' in conference speech - BBC News 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z But legal action by the Justice Department has brought an end to Mr. Obiang’s spendthrift ways. Wanted by the U.S.: The Stolen Millions of Despots and Crooked Elites 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z They called her a spendthrift, a spy, a sexual deviant; they said she bathed in blood. Vigée Le Brun: artist to the aristocracy who played and changed the game 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z How much they and others will spend over the Lunar New year remains to be seen, and traders are bracing for customers being picky where they once were spendthrift. Monkey business: As China tourists tighten belt, retailers face unhappy New Year 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Since then, Magufuli has made a series of moves to cut down on the government’s spendthrift ways and to investigate corruption. Will 2016 Be a Breakthrough in the Fight to Save Elephants? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Would today’s so-called conservatives brand him a spendthrift liberal? Editorials from around Ohio 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z It allegedly enforced fiscal restraint among spendthrift policymakers, akin to Odysseus binding himself to his ship’s mast. Mr. Boehner, it’s time to destroy the debt ceiling 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Deaf to American concerns about market access or technology theft, the Chinese narrative of the relationship presents a version of itself as a much-maligned partner, uncomplainingly creating wealth and bankrolling spendthrift American consumers. China seeks 'new model' for relations with US - BBC News 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Citizens of less spendthrift countries such as Germany are entitled to condemn the PIIGS’ past excesses. Prudence and profligacy 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z I knew that natives wouldn’t trust spendthrift Republican politicians, outside journalists and academics to look out for our best interest. I’m from New Orleans, but I didn’t understand why we needed to save it 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z The discussion kicked off after I got a question from a reader who said his parents were disproportionately generous to his two spendthrift sisters. What’s the root of the financial favoritism debate? Plain old greed. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Bobbi Kristina was fabulously wealthy for a teenager, but her money was in a spendthrift trust, designed to keep creditors and predators from taking advantage of people who can't manage their money. Bobbi Kristina Brown Has Died 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The ill feeling between the two nations draws on memories of the Second World War, and is shaded by German perceptions of Greeks as “insufferable spendthrift overreachers,” as Varoufakis once put it. Greece’s Ex-Finance Minister Tells All 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Subsequently, many observers have condemned the Greeks as lazy, ungrateful, and unwilling to accept the consequences of their spendthrift ways. Five Reasons Why The Greeks Were Right 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The impasse produced by Greece’s referendum led Bild, Germany’s best-selling newspaper and a noisy critic of what it sees as spendthrift Greek ways, to declare the Greek vote to be Ms. Merkel’s “first big defeat.” Angela Merkel Faces Monumental Test of Leadership After Greek Vote 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z They appear to be spendthrifts and get more. Teenage driver needs a payment plan for the damage done 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z But city officials still don’t want to be spendthrifts. Olive Branch reviews ambitious plans for City Park 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z At the time, Mrs. Clinton characterized the tax relief as a “spendthrift tax plan” that was fiscally irresponsible by increasing the federal deficit. Inside the Beltway: Hillary Clinton’s moment of truth in New York City - or maybe not 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The first being that this isn’t in fact a serious policy, this is just to kick Labour while they’re down, to paint them once again as fiscal spendthrifts. Osborne's Setting A Political Trap For Labour, Not Announcing An Interesting Economic Policy 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z While your results may be slower than a “spendthrift” counterpart, losing weight isn’t an impossibility. 6 Simple Ways to Boost Your Metabolism 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z In this particular study of seven men and five women, most of the spendthrift people were men and most of the thrifty ones were women. Why You Can't Lose Weight -- But Your Best Friend Can -- On The Same Diet 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z As spendthrift baby-boomers enter their golden years, these numbers are expected to rise. Hobbling businesses 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z And, one might object, hasn’t the convenience and ubiquity of credit cards turned us into a nation of debt-addicted spendthrifts, unlike the “good old days” when we all lived within our means? Credit is a powerful tool for American families 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Its budget deficit of 5.5 percent of gross domestic product is considerably higher than that of the supposedly spendthrift Socialist government of France. As British Election Nears, Cameron Promises Another Dose of Austerity 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The opposite results were also found: those with “spendthrift” metabolisms, which decreased the least during the fast, lost the most weight. 6 Simple Ways to Boost Your Metabolism 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Today, however, the crash in oil prices has devastated Venezuela’s troubled economy, which was already deeply undermined by a hugely corrupt and spendthrift administration. God's Letter To Maduro And What Went Wrong With The Venezuelan Economy 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z To be clear, the German moral hazard argument - that if countries are always cushioned from the errors of their spendthrift ways, they will never learn - is not unimportant. Where is the deal between Athens and Berlin? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The austerity measures highlight a deep divide in economically beleaguered Europe between the stereotypically frugal and productive north and popular images of the spendthrift, inefficient countries on the Continent’s Mediterranean rim. Germany holds Greece to austerity terms despite election of Syriza leftists 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Does this mean oil will never again reach $100 a barrel — where the spendthrift governments of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries need it to be? Federal Role in Recent Drop in Oil Prices 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z If Evans proves stingy with the hickory smoke on his brisket, he turns spendthrift with it on his ribs and sausages. BBQ Joint at Union Market: A place that smokes in moderation 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The opinion was a clear rebuff to German critics of bond-buying, who argue the ECB would reward spendthrift states with cheap credit by printing fresh money and deter painful reforms. EU court adviser paves way for ECB money printing 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z A natural spendthrift, he'd run out of money, and had great hopes for the English publication. Why did my grandfather translate Mein Kampf? 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Upon taking the reins of government in 2011, Britain’s Conservative Party promised to repair the nation’s finances, ravaged by the somewhat-more spendthrift Labour government, which dominated politics for the preceding 14 years. UK Social Spending Hits Record High Despite Austerity Measures 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Unlike the U.S., the spendthrift ways of the state are no reflection of a debt fueled population. Long-Term Currency Forecast: What Will Happen And Why 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z It would also put pressure on President Obama to realize his spendthrift, leftist agenda is unacceptable to the public. Guest: What Republicans need to accomplish now that they control Congress 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Rather than rely on flaky politicians and spendthrift central bankers, Germans and others found the iron rod of the market the most effective means to bring discipline to the wayward. Gummed up 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z What Ford-like advances are not taking place precisely because politicians are so spendthrift with the money of others? A Lack Of Private Experimentation, Not 'Austerity,' Is What Has Europe Sagging 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Contrary to the Conservative portrayal of it as a spendthrift party, Labour kept the budget in balance averaged over its first six years in office between 1997 and 2002. Why did Britain’s political class buy into the Tories’ economic fairytale? 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z He starts with a thought experiment, asking readers to picture a wealthy entrepreneur, a wealthy philanthropist, and a wealthy spendthrift. Bill Gates takes on Thomas Piketty: Here’s what’s wrong with the billionaire’s critique 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The surprise abdication and quiet succession earlier this year were undoubtedly an attempt to refresh the country’s image of a spendthrift and corrupt monarchy in peril. Spain's Queen Letizia: Divorcee, War Reporter, TV Journalist... Republican? You might also consider a trust if you want to control the cash flow to heirs you regard as spendthrifts. IRAs And Trusts: What You Need To Know 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z And no, not just because of taxes or wars: but because of spendthrift heirs, the vagaries of investments and the often bad advice people took about where to invest. Using Mr Darcy's Income To Disprove Thomas Piketty 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Like classical music, the burble of a restaurant made them more spendthrift, while football commentary and pop music increased the canniness of their decisions. Trust us, say the online giants – we won't make you think for yourself 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z The power of appointment, although not exercised, defeats the spendthrift provision set forth in the Trust. Power of Appointment Causes Bankruptcy Estate Inclusion in Behan 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z “Pharma is a spoiled industry,” Valeant’s chief financial officer, Howard B. Schiller, told me, spendthrift and reliant on the lavish profit margins from new drugs. In Valeant's Bid for Allergan, an Opaque Business Model Is Revealed 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Kira's father was a spendthrift, a selfish man who floated between jobs and shrugged off financial responsibilities. Financial Drama at a Vermont Inn 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z He ticked off what he considers the state’s spendthrift water ways: California still has too many inefficient dishwashers, toilets and washing machines. Dot Earth Blog: Can California Avoid a ‘Shock to Trance’ Approach to Water Policy? 2014-02-23T16:41:57Z Restaurants typically find that their least- and most-expensive wines are vastly outsold by the middle-tier offerings—no one wants to appear a cheapskate or foolish spendthrift. Netflix Customers Get Ready, Higher Prices Are Coming 2014-01-24T10:54:59Z He has kept a lid on spendthrift Democratic legislators. California’s economy: Bark if you don’t like deficits 2014-01-23T15:59:50Z An “inspired” customer is often a spendthrift customer. How to Turn Selfies (and Puppies) Into High-End Retail Sales 2014-01-21T11:03:50Z By letting local governments sell bonds for cash, China wants to rely on nimble markets rather than inflexible regulations to keep spendthrift units in check. Analysis: Transparency the crux in China's struggle to deal with rising debt 2013-12-31T09:24:58Z Abraham D. Beame, a former city comptroller, inherited a spendthrift city that was already on the road to fiscal crisis, until finally banks became unwilling to lend. Inaugurations, Through the Decades 2013-12-30T20:41:52Z He said Ms. Merkel should explode the prevailing popular narrative here of Germany as paymaster, taking huge risks for the rest of spendthrift Europe. Memo From Berlin: As Merkel Embarks on Third Term, Critics Urge Her to Be Daring 2013-12-16T01:53:50Z That is because the two parties are not quite as far apart as their rhetoric about irresponsible spendthrifts and heartless cutters suggests. After the shutdown: Where next? 2013-10-24T15:01:57Z Just talking about the case of the spendthrift oncologist gives Rockville financial adviser Clark Kendall the yips. Value Added: Financial adviser prefers boring, middle-class millionaires for clients 2013-10-13T21:49:07Z Such vehicles, they say, will decide which governments deserve funding, and spendthrift ones will be punished with higher borrowing costs. Analysis: Transparency the crux in China's struggle to deal with rising debt 2013-12-31T09:24:58Z Typically, lenders will demand ever higher rates of interest from spendthrift governments as public debts grow. Stimulus v austerity: Sovereign doubts 2013-09-26T15:05:58Z “It’s been invaded by theorists, academicians, spendthrifts, congressmen who want to spend money.” Martin L. Gross, Critic of Big Government, Dies at 88 2013-09-04T14:39:05Z Her portrayal, notable for its high emotion, had the effect of humanizing a woman whom history had been unkind to as a chilly, erratic spendthrift. Julie Harris, 1925-2013: Julie Harris, Celebrated Actress of Range and Intensity, Dies at 87 2013-08-25T03:39:35Z For all his public rhetoric as a scrooge, Osborne remains as much a government spendthrift as Labour. At last, George Osborne has got in touch with his inner Keynes 2013-07-26T05:01:00Z Despite the portrayal of baseball players as freewheeling spendthrifts, he says he has always been conservative with money. Sponsored Content: A Game Plan for the Future 2013-07-12T13:00:43Z I would guess that the paper, which isn't known for being spendthrift, paid a goodly sum for pictures credited to a paparazzo who uses the name Jean-Paul. Nigella and Charles - red faces after a Sunday red-top scoop 2013-06-17T10:37:00Z His mission: to wrest the coveted male, age 18 to 34, spendthrift demographic from DVDs, YouTube, the Internet and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” — the altar at which comedy lovers worship. Value Added: Washington establishment scion aims to conquer TV with cartoons 2013-06-16T19:07:51Z But whatever his spendthrift bent, he was no idiot says Lord Baker, a fan of Blackadder and author of George IV: A Life in Caricature. Blackadder and history 2013-06-15T03:52:03Z Sam doesn’t want to be such a spendthrift, but he can’t control himself. Some federal contractors soon can get nearly $1 million a year 2013-05-30T23:56:00Z Quite literally, because Hillsborough ushered in all-seater stadiums, price hikes and the spendthrift Premier League, and suddenly clubs began to think less in terms of conquering Europe than assimilating it. The great European Cup teams: Liverpool 1977-84 2013-05-23T12:00:50Z But he bristled at suggestions that northern nations like Finland, where disdain of spendthrift southern Europeans is widespread, have fared better simply because they are more disciplined and responsible. The Saturday Profile: Europe Economist, Rehn, Rejects ‘Austerity’ Label 2013-05-18T01:34:12Z He portrayed the Social Democrats as spendthrifts who would raise taxes and borrowing and threaten to drag Germany into the kind of difficulties experienced by euro zone peers. Merkel's FDP allies come out fighting, still need votes 2013-05-05T11:54:22Z Other key issues include shrinking the country's spendthrift public sector and a real estate tax. Greek PM says deposits are safe, banks shielded: paper 2013-04-13T09:39:18Z "We must all pray that our president and our congressional representatives will find a way to reverse their spendthrift ways and do what is right by putting us back on the path of fiscal probity." Fisher: Fed's bond-buying program could spark eventual inflation 2013-04-10T21:03:10Z He says he wrote it to call attention to damage caused over 80 years by crony capitalists, spendthrift politicians and central bankers at the Federal Reserve who have inflated financial bubbles by printing money. A fiscal warning from two former budget chiefs 2013-04-02T02:24:41Z He announced this past January that he will step down as CEO amidst allegations of self-dealing, questionable business practices and a spendthrift nature. When CEOs Get Demoted (By Companies They Founded) 2013-03-28T20:20:56Z Families typically use so-called dynasty trusts to protect against bad management, creditors, spendthrift family members and divorce settlements, says Christine Finn, a lawyer at Marcum, a New York accounting and advisory firm. Money Lessons From 'Downton Abbey' 2013-03-02T05:19:55Z Shangpin’s Zhao says that many of its spendthrift customers live in smaller, inland cities where luxury malls are few and far between. Suited-Up Online: Why China's Fashionista Websites Aim High (And Low) 2013-01-31T03:19:19Z Historians say that the spendthrift monarch lavished so much money on the upkeep of his beloved residence that it plunged the entire country into debt. Weird news: “Royal molecatcher” outlives Versailles king 2012-12-06T22:47:00Z The Daily Mail says David Cameron deserves great credit for trying to force a spendthrift EU elite to join the real world, in which national budgets are being slashed. Papers reflect on summit collapse 2012-11-24T06:52:18Z It's tempting to say that the problems of the economy are the fault of the government, either the current one for being too austere or the previous one for being too spendthrift. Will Britain's post-recession economy be resurgent, stagnant or greener? 2012-11-11T15:12:01Z Many Britons regard the EU as an ineffectual and spendthrift source of bureaucracy and Britain's ties with the 27-member bloc are likely to be a key theme in a national election set for 2015. Opposition Labor increases pressure on Cameron before EU talks 2012-10-29T13:38:26Z To me they are all normal people with the nice, the bad, the occasionally right, the occasionally wrong, the occasionally thrifty, the occasionally spendthrifts. The EU summit: The red-eyed walk to banking union 2012-10-19T03:40:40Z With Lagarde playing good cop and Merkel the bad, these two powerhouses may hope to keep pressure on Greece to mend its spendthrift ways. The Trillion-Dollar Woman Returns 2012-10-16T19:08:00Z In the end, however, spendthrift consumers defied the government. Indonesia’s car market: Stuck in fifth gear 2012-08-30T15:01:38Z The southerners are dolce vita spendthrifts, while the Germans — and sometimes the Finns, Austrians and Dutch — are scrooges with no sense of European solidarity. News Analysis: In Euro Crisis, Plenty of Blame to Go Around 2012-08-24T18:57:37Z They were burned by the credit crunch, by their own reckless lending to a housing bubble and to spendthrift governments. Eurozone crisis: the bankers are happy to play Nero as Europe burns 2012-07-31T20:00:01Z On the same day, parliamentary elections are held in the Netherlands where popular opposition to spending any more money on bailing out spendthrift euro zone governments is strong. Euro zone crisis heads for September crunch 2012-07-29T10:19:49Z Though premised on stereotypes of spendthrift Americans and frugal Chinese, the story helps explain how an imbalanced world economy lost its bearings. Op-Ed Contributor: The World as a Fishbowl 2012-07-18T01:49:39Z Five years ago, the mayor introduced the city’s first global advertising campaign, with the hope of bringing 50 million spendthrift visitors a year to New York City by 2015. Big City: Your Home, the New Frontier for Tourists in New York City 2012-07-07T15:56:13Z The exception to the savings-first rule appears to be the 20-something generation, veritable spendthrifts compared to older Chinese, with “an effective savings rate of zero,’’ Rein said. Getting Chinese to stop saving and start spending is a hard sell 2012-07-05T10:38:00Z Rick says it's worse to be a spendthrift because of the financial costs, but neither extreme is as good as the middle group, labeled unconflicted. Bucks Blog: Don't Punish Yourself Every Time You Spend 2012-07-02T14:41:14Z As the family disciplinarian who maintains a private jail for errant princes and spendthrift princesses who neglect to pay their bills, he is seen as just, incorruptible and pragmatic. Saudi Arabia's Heir to the Throne: Meet Crown Prince Salman 2012-06-19T01:35:16Z “Value consumers are not spendthrifts,” the report says. Chinese Consumers Pay More, but Expect More, Too 2012-06-13T03:34:13Z Second, Madrid can't be dismissed as a spendthrift administration along the lines of Lisbon or Athens. Spain and the euro crisis: when €100bn doesn't fix much 2012-06-10T21:10:02Z There is also a moral hazard aspect to the austerity argument: easing repayment terms for spendthrift governments will only encourage reckless behavior in the future – forgiving past sins perpetuates sinning. Europe's crisis can't be solved by austerity 2012-06-06T13:25:15Z Since when are consensual and spendthrift bad things in governments? Britain and the EU: Some ideas for improving Britain's relations with Europe. Why they may not work 2012-06-01T16:14:58Z Inflation is even more a sign of moral degradation: it means reneging on promises, rewarding spendthrifts and penalising savers. The facts are clear. This cruel austerity experiment has failed 2012-06-02T20:00:01Z Berlin has ignored the pleas of the OECD, IMF and its allies in Paris and Rome, believing that such a solution would only worsen the spendthrift ways of their southern neighbours. Greek exit fears send global markets reeling 2012-05-23T17:57:00Z The majority of people still view the crisis in a moral absolutist way seeing surplus countries as thrifty geniuses and the deficit countries as spendthrift slackers. Daily chart: A rebalancing act 2012-05-22T15:07:06Z It could also create moral hazard — spendthrift countries would feel less pressure from investors to rein in their debts. Wonkbook: Five ways to fix the euro zone 2012-05-08T12:04:08Z That leaves plenty of room to be a little more spendthrift. Free exchange: Petrodollar profusion 2012-04-26T15:02:43Z She grew fond of this child-like creature with his spendthrift ostentation and bravado. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z At this time she often thought of Archibald Bence; and of how, when alluding to his idle spendthrift brothers, he used to say with quaintly candid self-pity, "There's a leak in my shop." Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z There are perhaps as many well-to-do persons who are miserly because they cannot help it as there are improvident persons who are spendthrifts because they cannot longer prevent it. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Pomponio, the eldest child, though a priest, was dissolute and a spendthrift, constantly incurring debts which his devoted father paid to mitigate the disgrace. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The sun shone so brightly that the spendthrift might almost have been excused for being guided by the presence of the ill-fated swallow. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z Suppose he should prove to be a man of low tastes, of vulgar and spendthrift habits, a maladroit and intermeddling king? Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z She instantly agreed to give him the money—with the pleasure a too indulgent mother might feel in giving to a spendthrift son. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Ability to save.—All healthy boys are naturally inclined to be spendthrifts. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Berlin, though growing luxurious, is not yet as spendthrift of young life as is London. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z It is the thrift of a spendthrift which ruins him most effectually. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z The spendthrift and the prodigal was the favourite of the multitude; the rich money-lender was hated and abused, while his money-bags were sought after with all the eagerness of hard-driving poverty. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z The avaricious eagerly grasp after it at the expense of others, though not of necessity with a design to save, since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z As for me, that penniless spendthrift reminds me of the pig that mistook the nobleman’s backyard for the interior of his mansion. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Phœbe might fall in love with a spendthrift or a cunning rogue. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z His father, the elder Walter, had been the one black sheep of the Willoughby flock, the one spendthrift of that prudent family circle. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z He was a spendthrift though, And the coins of his lavish giving Were the golden moments of living,— Coins that he squandered so. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z The honest tradesman and the manufacturer, striving to leave a competence to a family nurtured in comfort, were involved in one common ruin with the spendthrift and the speculator. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z "He should not have slept in his velvet robe for a night-shift," said Silver Heels; "he is a summer spendthrift, and Nah-wan-hon-tah, the speckled trout, lies watching him under the water." Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He ran his course merrily; and after him a spendthrift heir, and after him another, reaped what had been bred and zealously cultivated in the bone. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z He allowed himself no reserves; he told the whole story of his father's spendthrift propensities, and his own small means in consequence. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z I became the spendthrift of my own genius, and to waste an eternal youth gave me a curious joy. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z Back in the aughts, Roach sounded the alarm more than once about the massive capital imbalances emerging between savings-rich Asia and spendthrift America that helped fuel an epic U.S. consumption binge and property bubble. A Wall St. Sage Who Called the Bubble 2012-02-16T20:13:54Z If he is a spendthrift, or unlucky in its management, he is removed from his position. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z What a spendthrift of punctuation this man was! The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z He is to blame for being ragged and unwashed, but when he goes hungry and dresses up, then he is a hopeless spendthrift and a fraudulent dude. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z No sensible person will listen to complaints made by a drunken, broken-down spendthrift and gambler.' The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z He lived according to the manner of unprospering spendthrifts; repented not, lamented not. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z But he was a child—" "Well, he's grown up now, and as rakish a young spendthrift as ye could wish for. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z But the capital of spendthrifts is wont to be suddenly exhausted; demand suddenly decreases, and producers suffer a crisis. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z This young man was his pet abomination, the vacuous, actress-hunting, spendthrift son of a rich father, already notorious for his "goings-on," and likely to be more so if he continued as he had begun. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z Nature is far too unmoral to bother about rendering economists an account for her spendthrift loveliness. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z They were jeered at as mad spendthrifts by the very men who had urged them to their folly. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z "She was ever a spendthrift jade," said Andrew with a mighty frown. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z On the other hand, Adam Smith, loc. cit. says that the spendthrift is a public enemy, and the person who saves a public benefactor. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z But they had been a happy-go-lucky, spendthrift race, loving to ride to hounds and to entertain liberally better than to look after their affairs. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z But the increase notification does give Republicans an opportunity to paint Obama as a spendthrift during an election year in which taxes and spending are key issues. Obama seeks $1.2 trillion debt limit rise 2012-01-13T02:10:03Z Paul took aim at Santorum yesterday, calling the former senator, 53, a spendthrift with federal money. Romney Denies Wall Street Ties, Pushes for New Hampshire Win 2012-01-07T18:11:02Z There was a certain frankness about him that pleased, and though he might be spendthrift and heedless, and colossally selfish, Richard felt a genuine affection for him. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z On the other hand, there is less wealth destroyed by spendthrifts than is generally supposed, for spendthrifts are most frequently cheated by men who make savings themselves. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z He was a reckless spendthrift, and in Paris, where he had spent thousands, he was reduced to absolute want. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Just think how you will go up in his estimation, when we tell him you are a spendthrift and a drunkard! The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z I will restore the portion that I saved from the spendthrift clutch of the Genoese—the moment that it is mine to bestow—the moment that I am husband to my kinsman's heiress. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z But when it comes to language, he is the most reckless spendthrift in the world. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Sully ordered the parliaments to warn spendthrifts, to punish them and place them under guardianship. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Some economists point to a big drop in household debt as a sign that American consumers - once considered the driving force of the world economy - are primed to return to more spendthrift ways. Analysis: Economy shedding debt but shackled by pessimism 2011-12-18T16:13:42Z Like the father of a spendthrift child, he rather felt ashamed of himself for being incompetent to meet her demands, than contemned her for making them. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He was supplied with enough money to have lived in considerable comfort had he not been incurably reckless and a spendthrift. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Her actions seem those of a spendthrift; but the cause lies in no prodigal luxury, but in her inexperience. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Kings and their ministers the greatest spendthrifts in a country, 149. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Routing the money through the IMF would solve a number of political problems for Europe — chiefly allowing Germany and other wealthier nations to avoid the appearance of directly underwriting spendthrift nations such as Italy. Euro program at IMF could spread rescue risk worldwide 2011-12-03T01:43:32Z His father was the last of a long series of spendthrifts, who had gradually reduced a noble inheritance to a heap of encumbrances. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z As deadline nears, Deficit Panel is still at deep impasse, Pessimism mounted among spendthrift. Occupy Wall St.: A Two-Month Scorecard 2011-11-21T17:18:39Z He was generous to his friends in a spendthrift fashion, and he was cultured enough to expend large sums of his wealth upon the fine arts. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z He was wondering what would have happened to the dear old stately place if he had died a month ago, and it had fallen into the hands of those two spendthrifts, Archie and his father. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z Vidal is the type of a high-class Brazilian—generous, jealous, spendthrift, proud, intelligent, quick at expedients, and not too scrupulous in his use of them. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z For a man whose heart and life are given to God can not be a spendthrift. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z The latter was an extravagant spendthrift, but having subdued a revolt in Monferrato was presented with that territory by the emperor Maximilian II. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z In Spanish Vistas, Mr. Lathrop writes: 'Some of them had a spendthrift common sort of beauty, which, owing to their southern vivacity and fine physique, had the air of being more than it really was.... The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z That is the common-sense attitude—as remote from the spirit of the miser as from that of the spendthrift. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z In general the people were spendthrifts, and notwithstanding large incomes were heavily in debt. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z With such property he behaves in freebooter fashion, as robber or as worthless spendthrift. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z This is a long run that can last multiple lifetimes, as a father passes on savings to his more spendthrift kids, who hand it over to their more spendthrift kids. There is no such thing as the 9-9-9 tax 2011-10-13T15:11:00Z Shortly after her death, however, he was united to a shallow spendthrift with whom he wasted his substance in riotous living, while the shop, of course, was neglected; and the business, in consequence, soon ruined. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z It was just the revenge that would please him, to make us beggars, and show my wife that she had married a spendthrift, who had wasted all she had and brought her to ruin. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Br�hl was one of the greatest spendthrifts among the nouveaux riches; he astounded even those whom nothing could surprise. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z No French artist ever threw away his opportunities in such a foolish, spendthrift manner. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Mena had stolen so much himself from the spendthrift that he would never dare to tell what he knew. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Our ambassadors appeared the very type of their sight-loving and spendthrift master, and thousands were swallowed up in glittering baubles and unmeaning pageantry. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Was it not only for the aggrandizement of your spendthrift brother? Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Many wondered, however, whether consumers would soon return to the spendthrift habits of the past. Era of Cheap: Why Frugal is the New Normal 2011-09-29T21:02:48Z They say he's a spendthrift and got bad habits, but maybe his folks will be glad to have him settle down with such a sensible girl if she is poor. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z His dream of fortune and pleasure has been most rudely broken, and the spendthrift is the penniless outcast. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Many northern E.U. members — including Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and Austria — are showing increasing hostility towards the Greeks, who they see as wayward and spendthrift. Can a 'Big Bang' Plan Save the Euro? 2011-09-27T10:40:00Z The queen again intended to press the king for an increase of income, to a serious amount, for her favourite spendthrift, and she asked the minister how it might be best attained. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Rich spendthrifts, who spend every dollar they have in the present, will wind up paying taxes on their total income, as per usual. Wonkbook: Nice central bank you got here. Shame if something should happen to it. 2011-09-21T11:58:33Z O, spendthrift fire, do you waft up again? King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z Now is the Sun, erst spendthrift of his rays And lavish of his largesses of light, Become a miser in his latter days, An avaricious dotard, alter'd quite. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z Kiss me, Amy, girl, and then go and tell your father that he is a simple-hearted old spendthrift, and I love him. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z But I did see that my fellow-men are indifferent, spendthrift with their known and scanty store as though they were immortals, the remittance men of Great Jove. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z But this language into which I have fallen—not without warrant—should not convey the idea that this man was a commonplace, dissolute spendthrift; far from it. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z A grasping woman's gold upon her head Is made for hoarding, like all other gold: A spendthrift woman's gold upon her head Is made for spending on herself. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z Its produce has always been sufficient for the necessaries, and even some of the luxuries of life; and, what is somewhat singular, no miser and no spendthrift has ever increased or diminished its extent. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Sir Wentworth had long passed through the spendthrift stage, and was very close with respect to money-matters; a harsh and griping landlord, and it is probable enough a niggard parent. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Fiscal prudence and a firm and steady hand may prove a winning approach for 2012, Mr. Sarkozy has concluded, and he has already sought to cast his Socialist opponents as irresponsible spendthrifts. Sarkozy Proposes New Tax Measures to Confront Debt 2011-08-24T20:30:10Z But Mr. Sarkozy also seems to have a domestic intent — to portray the Socialists as fiscally irresponsible and spendthrift. Sarkozy Seen as Baiting Socialists With Budget Rule 2011-08-23T02:53:41Z Barring rash investments or spendthrift living, he should be able to live comfortably on the proceeds without having to work again. John Wall could turn NBA lockout into a class act 2011-08-17T14:22:00Z The mind is Beauty's thief, the poet takes The golden spendthrift's trail among the blooms Where she stands tossing silver in the lakes, And twisting bright swift threads on airy looms. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z As you know is often the way, Jack, he suddenly grew as mean and stingy as before he had been spendthrift and reckless. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z The ratings bombshell also fueled scoldings that America was finally getting a comeuppance for its spendthrift ways. U.S. debt: A four-letter word or a necessary evil? 2011-08-11T01:21:00Z He is the spendthrift, ne'er-do-well, who is always a drain on the old man's purse. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Wallingford himself might be a spendthrift and a ne'er-do-well, but their faith in the tack that was to make them all rich was supreme. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z After all, they say, there are reasons to think he's a spendthrift. Tea Party faithful wonder if Rick Perry walks the walk 2011-08-10T05:25:38Z In that job, Mr. Trichet earned a reputation as a hard-liner who helped restrain the spendthrift impulses of French politicians, winning the admiration of German leaders who backed him as E.C.B. president. News Analysis: Euro Builder Ends His Career on a Bitter Note 2011-08-05T19:56:08Z He is a thorough type of an easy-going scoundrel, extortioner, and spendthrift. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z There are uncontrollable women, of course, who are as spendthrift with tears as some men of anger. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Sure that man Who like a spendthrift eats his patrimony, Should be condemn'd to sail about for ever And never reach the shore; that he might feel To what great good he'd been insensible. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Thereupon he took a distaste for politics, establishing a private agency for nondescript transactions, the least doubtful of which were the arrangements he brought about between spendthrift nobles and their friends who lent upon usury. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z “You have been told that I am wasteful and a spendthrift?” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z The spendthrift waste of untimely shooting is stayed. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z She has been known to give generously, nobly,—to sympathize warmly; but did she deny to greedy selfishness or spendthrift vanity the twentieth demand on her purse or her benevolence? Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z All the world loves a gay spendthrift more than a sober and careful p. 40man who tries to live within his means and to save a little money. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z But no saving and no diligence of his could make up for the failings of his spendthrift ancestry. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z There is no one so popular as a spendthrift, as long as his money lasts, no one so hated as a screw. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z When the purse was empty, it gave the spendthrift an untimely hint by creeping out of his pocket. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z If you splurge on that designer jacket, are you an anti-terrorism fighter, a recession buster or a spendthrift? ArtsBeat: Thinking Cap: Shopping For Freedom 2011-07-19T11:00:15Z In the endeavor to keep pace with his spendthrift superiors her cousin’s household expenditures had run into useless excess. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z But Mikita, that spendthrift, knew no better investment than some new clothes for his little ones, also giving them a regular good meal for once. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z If Osborne does decide to slow the cuts programme, he now has the ideal excuse – he can claim he's been blown off course by spendthrift Greeks and squabbling politicians on Capitol Hill. Eurozone debt crisis is handy alibi for George Osborne as recovery falters 2011-07-16T23:04:15Z Germans want to know why they have to rescue spendthrift nations when they have been so prudent themselves. Eurozone's citizens split amid battle to stop debt crisis spreading 2011-07-16T23:07:45Z He spoke quite frankly, and there was nothing in the attitude of either to suggest that one was a father embarrassed by financial difficulties and the other a spendthrift son. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z It encourages extravagance in dress; inflating the mind with intolerable vanity and pride, and training up our sons and daughters to become reckless spendthrifts, despising honest industry and commendable economy. A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing 2011-07-10T02:00:22.780Z Right-leaning politicians from Finland to Italy have made the bloc’s spendthrift ways a populist campaign issue. A Parliament on the Move Grows Costly 2011-06-29T00:30:18Z He smiled as he thought of the titled spendthrifts who, at this moment, perdus behind his masterpieces, passed unscathed among their creditors. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z There are those in Congress and beyond who suggest that the U.S.'s not raising the debt ceiling and defaulting would be a lesson to a spendthrift government not to borrow more than it can repay. One Document, Under Siege 2011-06-23T10:20:00Z "He asketh but two light caravels, my honored mistress, and three thousand crowns—a sum that many a young spendthrift would waste on his pleasures, in a few short weeks." Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Cathcart Brand had been a sad rake, lawless, reckless, and a natural spendthrift. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Augustus, the Regency buck, wasted still further the diminished property he inherited, and a Victorian Ainsleigh proved to be just such another spendthrift. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z But to those with whom he was truly en rapport,—whether by letter or in the flesh,—he was spendthrift of his personality. A Day with Walt Whitman 2011-06-05T02:00:12.967Z On the one side a discontented, wretched, hungry mass of tax-providing slaves, and on the other a rapacious, pampered, licentious, spendthrift monarchy. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z She was a spendthrift, idle, extravagant, good-for-nothing, &c. &c. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z This young fellow had, we suspect, been first earning his mother’s “reproaches” for spendthrift habits, and then getting more money from her by “acknowledgment.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z What it should not do, is to guarantee to the miser, the spendthrift, the tyrant, debauchee, or vampire, the things which a man would possess of his own inalienable right. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z They brought fashion, and spendthrift ways, and speculation, and all that along with them. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z "Spare me," the spendthrift cried, covering his face with his hands, "I once had sisters of my own." Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z Rereworth looked at the spendthrift, as he quietly took the oath, with utter astonishment, not knowing what to think. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z His talents were more than respectable, his life was irreproachable, he was wealthy and yet not a spendthrift. Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z I one time knew a man, of a most decidedly humorous cast of mind, who was a great spendthrift, an A 1 wastrel. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z If a man unhappily marries an incorrigible simpleton, or spendthrift, he cannot help himself. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z Yet this was the quest which Rereworth thought held out the best hope of success; for if the spendthrift's evidence were bought, there were many circumstances conceivable, under which he might be induced to confess. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z Spendthrift man and spendthrift Nation must face at last the same law carrying the same penalty. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Layton denied the NDP would be spendthrift, pointing to examples his party’s past and present provincial governments in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Manitoba. Layton Touts NDP Credentials as Currency Ebbs Before Vote 2011-04-29T14:46:04Z He was remarkably good-looking from the very onset of his manhood and without being in any way a showy spendthrift, was quite magnificently extravagant. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z With women he was less penurious; though with these only a spendthrift, when their smiles could not be otherwise obtained. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Seymour obeyed the signal, marvelling and sorrowing at the changed appearance of the spendthrift. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z His spendthrift life had suddenly come to an end, since he had no means of continuing it; and he was forced to the reflection how he could find the means of a mere living. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Voters want somebody to keep their taxes low and protect them from the pie in the sky spendthrift policies of Labour and the SNP. Scott "uncomfortable" with Tories 2011-04-17T17:02:20Z Was young Merxler, whom he had heard of and had even met through David Ellsworth, more then than simply the notorious spendthrift that he was credited with being? Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z They are still the spendthrift parasite, and the brutally capricious bully. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He wished he had arrived in time to repeat the offer, and possibly to save the spendthrift from destruction. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z Ah! here’s a penalty for Mr Nigel Harding to pay, and his sweet spendthrift of a wife!” The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The neglected lands, the impoverished old Bishop, the reckless spendthrift, all rose before Ewan's mind in a bewildering haze. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The boy, spendthrift though he might be, a fool with his money though he might be, was game to the core in standing by a man whom he believed to be his friend. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Hospitality was pushed to profusion, liberality became a spendthrift habit. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z He made his way without much heed, being in fact preoccupied, and rapped at the spendthrift's door. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z Beginning life penniless, he was no better off at the commencement of his military career; and his spendthrift habits had kept him the same ever since. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Modern Germans may still be harvesting significant economic benefits from extravagant houses built by spendthrift Baroque princes, according to a study published this month by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich. Economix: Culture as an Economic Engine 2011-03-18T13:00:56Z England had been very ready to buy them and also to guarantee that people who had loaned money to this spendthrift should not lose their interest. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z He was immensely rich, profusely spendthrift, and eccentric to an extent that some characterized as insanity. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z With no little difficulty they opened a correspondence with the family of Everope, but they were disappointed in its result; for nothing precise could be recollected respecting the spendthrift's movements in that eventful autumn. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z He had been a gambler, a spendthrift, a rogue of the worst kind for one half his life; a miser, a cynic, a misanthrope for the other. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Here, come along, Leslie, and let’s eat and drink all we can to help him, the extravagant spendthrift.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z “You will be wanting more money, you young spendthrift,” was Mr. Trevor’s remark, but made in an easy, good-humoured way. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Don’t we admire the thrifty more than the spendthrifts? Economix: Why the Big Deal About Consumer Spending? 2011-03-09T11:00:07Z But the spendthrift was not at all willing to accede to the proposition. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z This no doubt makes you master of Hurst Leigh; but Providence has decreed that the spendthrift shall be disappointed. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Her friends had a different story; Chapman Price was no good, had neglected her, was an idler and a spendthrift. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z “You are the last person from whom I should have expected such a taunt,” said the spendthrift bitterly. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z "To grow old without the courage to calmly submit, to be like a languishing spendthrift who drinks repulsive sediment from emptied goblets." Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z After all, it might be prudent not to quarrel with the spendthrift at present. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z He had lived too fast, and had ran through his heritage of animal spirits and youthful enthusiasm like the veriest spendthrift who squanders a fortune in a few nights spent at a gaming-house. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z No," says the Pole, with an ugly smile, "he is no spendthrift, but he is a gambler! 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Royalty, princely houses, and nobility with twenty quarterings, are jostled in the indiscriminate crowd with houseless adventurers, beggared spendthrifts, and ruined debauchees. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Suppose that a spendthrift squanders his allowance at once and later breaks his leg, has it amputated, and needs a hundred dollars to buy a wooden leg, how will he get it? Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z In the gratification of his own desires, he was a thorough spendthrift. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z But, oh, the blank grey mornings, the freezing chill of that cheerless dawn, from which the spendthrift's eyes shrink appalled when the night is done! The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z He has never been a spendthrift, but he has been in debt ever since his boyhood. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Supporters Direct promotes long-term sustainability over short-term success, introducing a note of financial sanity to a game more usually noted for welcoming spendthrift backers. The price of ambition 2011-03-02T05:27:19Z Drunkard, gambler, spendthrift, he had wrecked her fortune and embittered her whole life. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z You know—I'm just the old Marjorie really in spite of all these resolutions—the spendthrift, the restless, the eager. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z He is sowing his wild oats with a free hand,--a regular spendthrift,--but he gets that from me. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z He attained this great object of his life in the year 1700; but, because he was a spendthrift and a lover of empty display, he did nothing to advance the interests of his country. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Intellectually giants, Dickens and Thackeray were equally gigantic spendthrifts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z I began life with such a capital of confidence that, though I have been an arrant spendthrift, I have still a strong store by me. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z You have been a spendthrift, profligate, everything that is bad; you have studied yourself in every action of life, and neglected the common duties due to your neighbour as well as to your Maker. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z Still, don't expect business schools to revert to their old spendthrift ways anytime soon. B-Schools Get Lean 2011-02-14T19:20:00Z He had left behind him an only son, not a gentleman like himself, but a spendthrift. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Well, it seems that the young Count is something of a spendthrift. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z No, I am not asking you to be a spendthrift. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Another exhibited his as such a reckless spendthrift that the family estate would never cover the debts. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Mr Osborne's opponents are no longer the spendthrift refuseniks he would wish. The budget: Of rhetoric and reality 2011-02-03T00:05:04Z We may no longer have North Sea oil; but we do have oil-rich football spendthrifts. Record transfer fees? Who says the economy isn't booming? 2011-02-01T20:00:01Z We see, then, that three habits—spendthrift habits, the habit of charging, and the habit of using checks—all tend to raise the level of prices.... Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z In the meantime, if the English clubs have to bend their knee occasionally to their spendthrift French rivals, so be it. Joe Marler of Harlequins is a prince of England's new power generation 2011-01-23T00:09:02Z He told her that, owing to want of control as a boy, he had been when a very young man, spendthrift and wild, and that he had dissipated his fortune in folly and amusements. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z The government incurred deserved hatred in Ireland as in England by carrying to further lengths the debasement of the coin which had been the disgraceful shift of the spendthrift Henry VIII. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z He used to accuse me of wasting my substance in riotous visitations, and thought me a spendthrift of time. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Germany, a federal state with powerful regions, coalition governments and an influential constitutional court, wants a Europe of laws, discipline and fiscal probity, with a strong currency and real penalties for the spendthrift. Europe?s Odd Couple 2011-01-13T16:55:09Z Some Germans have complained loudly about having to prop up spendthrift members of the eurozone. Still smiling? 2011-01-13T00:02:53Z Health and education, recklessly spendthrift for a decade, are hardly hurting at all. Save the economy? No, VAT's pandering to the powerful 2011-01-04T20:04:52Z Wild and spendthrift characters appear among the leaders and mirrors of society. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Like the arrant spendthrifts that we were, money was no object to us so long as our fortune lasted. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z But even in the United States, the most spendthrift of nations, the private sector finally got religion. Economy: Debt and Politics 2010-12-23T13:15:00Z They include Mediterranean countries long considered irredeemably spendthrift. How Europe?s New Goals Will Pay Off 2010-12-24T13:00:00Z He would be a spendthrift of sympathy who would waste his sympathy upon them. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z We would rather be considered spendthrifts than misers. Seasonal spending makes for merry Christmas ? but how happy will the new year be? 2010-12-27T00:02:01Z Then with an effort of which I was more or less ashamed, I asked the name of the girl who was willing to take such a well-known spendthrift for a husband. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z A spendthrift who values his honour at more than two thousand florins. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Daniel Akerson, G.M.’s new chief executive, worked to persuade skeptical investors that the company would not revert to its old bureaucratic, spendthrift ways. DealBook: G.M. Shares End 1st Day With 3.6% Rise 2010-11-19T01:33:00Z It could own the teenage girl, and maybe even the holy grail of demographics, prized for its spendthrift, trendsetting ways: the 18- to 34-year-old woman. Alloy Wants to Own Teenage Girls 2010-10-14T21:00:00Z Or is it the mark of a spendthrift? Your Money: Can Smart Money Management Be Sexy? 2010-08-20T19:50:00Z Never mind the numbers, they declared: immediate spending cuts were needed to ward off the "bond vigilantes," investors who would pull the plug on spendthrift governments, driving up their borrowing costs and precipitating a crisis. The cruel bonds cult 2010-08-20T18:00:00Z Yet reasoning of this kind is increasingly used to explain how spendthrift countries get into trouble. Economics focus: Paper chains 2010-08-19T11:47:00Z The counterattack is to discredit the whole edifice, vilifying the undeserving fringe and placing them in cahoots with the old, spendthrift regime. Labour needs to find a retort to Osborne's anti-scrounger rhetoric 2010-08-14T23:06:00Z The new center-right coalition government in Bratislava, which is about to embark on a series of budget cuts at home, says it opposes helping richer, more spendthrift states. Slovaks End Holdout on Bailout 2010-07-16T01:35:00Z Over the past six weeks, prosecution witnesses who worked for the two-term Illinois Democrat, sought state business or investigated Blagojevich portrayed him as angry, resentful, lazy, spendthrift and willing to compromise his office for money. Blagojevich to take stand at corruption trial 2010-07-14T05:20:00Z He helped create one of the most spendthrift industries in history, despite his being a known penny-pincher. Henry Blodget's Risky Bet on the Future of News 2010-07-08T21:00:00Z The corners of spendthrift rottenness in Labour's welfare state – increasingly akin to Italy's – are not cleansed, but a start is made. Budget 2010: If Osborne's gamble pays off, it is Thatcherism's finest hour 2010-06-22T18:59:00Z But, despite some signs to the contrary, U.S. consumers aren't heading back to their spendthrift ways, either. Americans Won't Stop Spending? Save It. 2010-05-27T21:55:00Z No one is blaming them for the mistakes of spendthrift politicians. Public sector unions are living in fantasy land 2010-05-20T10:30:00Z Now the ECB is trying to prove that the stronger eurozone economies are not just writing a blank cheque for their spendthrift neighbours. Jean-Claude Trichet reassures markets over Euro bailout doubts 2010-05-16T17:10:00Z And politicians, spendthrift as some may be, are not the main source of the problem. Economic Scene: In Greece, a Reflection of U.S. Debt Problems 2010-05-12T02:45:00Z From the outside, it looks like a spendthrift country getting what it deserves in painful cuts to public spending. Greek fury 2010-05-05T09:45:00Z Yes, we have been irresponsible and spendthrift, but if you don't bail us out, everybody suffers! Ode on a Grecian bailout 2010-04-29T22:30:00Z Sticklers for fiscal rectitude and angst-ridden that other spendthrifts will turn the euro into an unstable, inflation-prone currency, the Germans fear they will weaken the euro if they reward Greek misconduct with billions of bailout. Greek debt crisis: Euro leaders call emergency summit to avert meltdown 2010-04-28T20:57:00Z As prime minister, his father riled the West by embracing spendthrift socialist practices. George Papandreou on Greece's Financial Crisis 2010-04-17T01:08:00Z Most of the Mediterranean countries continued on their spendthrift ways, confident that the markets would not call them to account. Europe needs a single government | Robert Skidelsky 2010-03-23T12:00:00Z Bleeding red ink: Wealthy nations need to change their spendthrift ways, warns a top International Monetary Fund official, who says that public debt levels in the world's largest economies have reached dangerous levels. Economic Agenda: March 22, 2010 2010-03-22T10:00:00Z Even before the final vote, Republicans began relentlessly assailing lawmakers who supported the legislation, suggesting Democrats are spendthrift and proponents of big government. Legal and Political Fights Ahead for the Democrats 2010-03-22T02:16:00Z Throughout the campaign, Mr. Perry had run against Washington, portraying Ms. Hutchison as a spendthrift who had supported pork barrel projects and the bailout for the banks. ?Yes? for Texas Governor Is ?No? to Washington 2010-03-03T08:10:00Z Even as the negotiations continue, the bloc is insisting that Athens impose further, painful austerity measures, in part to overcome political opposition in Germany to providing aid to the spendthrift Greeks. Europe Union Moves Toward a Bailout of Greece 2010-02-28T18:52:00Z At the same time Germany, a country of savers, exported more than it consumed, profiting from its spendthrift neighbors but not reciprocating by buying equal amounts of imports. Germany?s Export Prowess Weighs on Euro-Zone 2010-02-26T19:28:00Z That would require a politically challenging transition for these spendthrift governments. 2010-02-15T05:39:00Z Yet it was his late father Andreas, a spendthrift Pasok premier, who sowed the seeds of Greece’s crisis with a borrowing spree in the 1980s. 2010-02-03T17:36:00Z Rome was a city of gossip, and the ambition to be talked about, as the inventor of some new freak of prodigality, was probably the only ambition of the blasé spendthrift of the time. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Imperious fools that we are: pitiful, glorious spendthrifts! Idonia: A Romance of Old London She has been separated for two years from her husband, who is a mauvais sujet, a gambler and spendthrift, who has already wasted her whole dowry. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Along the wold, In spendthrift glee, She strewed her gold And gilded all the lea. The Coast of Bohemia Such golden fires, such yellows—lo, how good This spendthrift world, and what a lavish God— This fringe of wood, Blazing with buttercup and goldenrod. Challenge It would be difficult to say whether the emperors or their nobles were the most to blame for the example of spendthrift extravagance and insane luxury. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Those born during a period of financial prosperity are likely to be liberal, sometimes wasteful, and, possibly, spendthrifts. What a Young Husband Ought to Know The Englishman would be a spendthrift; the American is wise: and the reason is, that their circumstances, prospects, and therefore their views of duty, are different. How to Observe Morals and Manners "He is a skeptic, a gambler, a spendthrift; and a more heartlessless flirt never lived," averred Miss Augusta, who hated the whole of Ernest's sex—even the Chapter—pour cause. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories They were five young men whom he knew to be lavish spendthrifts, and whom he expected to acquit themselves honourably in more senses than one. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The spendthrift seldom has scruples in repairing his extravagance. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The young fellow, however, continued his spendthrift ways, and it became necessary to recall him. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Between twenty and thirty a man rises through years reckless of power and spendthrift of easy promises. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath It turned the culprits into spendthrifts and pleasure-seekers; their arrogance and deficiency of culture, and their ostentation, became especially offensive to their own fellow-citizens. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. A gambler, a spendthrift, and profligate, addicted to the lowest vices that can disgrace a human being, he quickly dissipated, not only his own fortune, but that of his wife also. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 When that also was dissipated, the landlord offered him another five thalers, but forbade his servants to let the spendthrift have anything. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. This depraved young man, a spendthrift and a gambler, was already caught in the toils of usurers at the time of his father's death. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico There was colour; there was spendthrift grandeur, half savage, half divine. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Her father was a Hungarian noble, a brilliant man in his way, I believe, but a confirmed spendthrift. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance The grub has become a butterfly, and the sober clerk has developed into a gay spendthrift. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck Your sister made me believe you were economical; had I known the truth, I should never have married my daughter to a spendthrift. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern "An intellectual spendthrift," sighed Sir Horace "What a hopeless bankruptcy it leads to!" The Fortunes Of Glencore As for merchants and shop-keepers, all American society is composed mainly of them or their spendthrift children. With Edge Tools Our father was a spendthrift—a gambler—a man without any principles. The Gambler A Novel The wanton waste exhibited everywhere was the very triumph of that vulgar and vindictive spirit which prompts the followers of a spendthrift master to speed the current of his ruin. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) My daughter should have been his, had he been less of a spendthrift. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Nathan, you've yet to learn how spendthrift waste From prudent bounty's never empty stores Borrows and borrows, till there's not a crumb Left to keep rats from starving. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise |
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