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As do those of Alf Landon, Talmadge critics point to the Federal millions which have poured in to pay for Georgia's relief, roads, schools while the Governor was economizing.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the first time in life he was economizing for a purpose.

From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

From beer the conversation turned naturally to the police, and from the police to the listening Mr. Bodfish, who was economizing space by sitting on the bread- pan, and trembling with agitation.

From Cupboard Love The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 5. by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)