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  • If Brown had a reputation for brown-bagging his lunch and driving a decade-old Corolla to work every day, it might be a little easier for the public to swallow his claims that he had merely requested a "black-on-black SUV" and was shocked, shocked to see that it cost nearly $2,000 a month.

    Kwame Brown navigates his future 2011

  • Of course there are plenty of “normal people” in Washington — the people who cook and serve his lunch, for example (since I very much doubt that Inhofe is brown-bagging it) or the ones who empty the trash in his office every night.

    Think Progress » Inhofe: There aren’t any ‘normal people’ in Washington. 2010

  • Today, the twice-weekly takeout dinners from Boston Market or the Whole Foods deli counter, along with the regular expeditions to California Pizza Kitchen or Outback Steakhouse, have been reduced, and children and adults are more frequently brown-bagging their lunches — which means that more meals are being prepared at home.

    Life In (and After) Our Great Recession 2009

  • If Brown had a reputation for brown-bagging his lunch and driving a decade-old Corolla to work every day, it might be a little easier for the public to swallow his claims that he had merely requested a "black-on-black SUV" and was shocked, shocked to see that it cost nearly $2,000 a month.

    Kwame Brown navigates his future 2011

  • It's not like he just walked in from, you know, brown-bagging groceries at the store.

    White House Loses Chief Of Staff To Chicago Politics 2010

  • Today, the twice-weekly takeout dinners from Boston Market or the Whole Foods deli counter, along with the regular expeditions to California Pizza Kitchen or Outback Steakhouse, have been reduced, and children and adults are more frequently brown-bagging their lunches — which means that more meals are being prepared at home.

    Life In (and After) Our Great Recession 2009

  • For example, brown-bagging once a week would reduce your lunch budget by 20 percent -- potentially hundreds of dollars a year.

    Jason Alderman: Get Ready for America Saves Week Jason Alderman 2011

  • For example, brown-bagging once a week would reduce your lunch budget by 20 percent -- potentially hundreds of dollars a year.

    Jason Alderman: Get Ready for America Saves Week Jason Alderman 2011

  • (So you might want to start by brown-bagging your lunch!)

    All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Inspirational Women: Seven Questions with Journalist Maryann Haggerty 2009

  • If Brown had a reputation for brown-bagging his lunch and driving a decade-old Corolla to work every day, it might be a little easier for the public to swallow his claims that he had merely requested a "black-on-black SUV" and was shocked, shocked to see that it cost nearly $2,000 a month. ...

    DeMorning DeBonis: March 4, 2011 2011

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