Making small allowances could mean the difference between eating your homemade lunch or trading for the junk! (westonaprice.org)
«When all that's taken into consideration, there's a very small allowance for discretionary calories, or what some people call «empty calories,»» Dr. Krebs - Smith said. (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
Although I dislilke proselytizing, I learned an interesting «take it to the bank» fact about Catholic charities: it is this: because good and decent people who are priests and nuns take vows of poverty and are given only small allowances, Catholic charities in general deliver a far greater percentage of your donated dollar to the work you wanted done with it. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)