Box swells with house-pride: "I hope they will let me in the Pearly Gates, I'm doing such a good job, " he says.

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Like his political hero Sam Rayburn, the legendary Texan speaker of the House, Mr Bentsen took pride in the fact that both sides liked him.

ECONOMIST: Lloyd Bentsen

If you detest landlords and have plenty of money to put toward a house, you may prefer the pride of ownership, regardless of how low rents go.

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