Word: spartanism
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...blacker than Old Style and takes slightly more space (36 characters to a line instead of 40). To complement the new body type, we have changed the type used for headlines and captions. Picture captions, for example, were previously in Old Style and will now be in Spartan Medium. As in the past, some special text pieces, notably those we call "boxes," will frequently be printed in type that varies slightly from the body of the magazine when a variation seems appropriate...
...network's cameras had a look at almost everything in the 65-acre Kremlin compound, from the old Cathedral of the Archangel to the new glass-fagaded Soviet Palace of Congresses. There were glances at the Spartan rooms of Lenin, the spare embellishments of Stalin's new grave, and the fantastic Great Hall of St. George, with its huge chandeliers of what look like bunches of gold bananas...
...Harvard most tutors spend only eight to ten hours a week in tutorials, fewer if they are engaged in research. For an Oxford don to get his own work done, he has to lead a fairly Spartan life: there are so many college duties making demands on his spare time that he has little time to seek out undergraduates informally...
...suitcases, food hampers and cases of soft drinks; a serving pantry, with a galley down a flight of steps on a lower level. Then come the first-class compartments, four of them, each completely private. In contrast with the rest of the plane, where fittings are as spartan as those on a troop carrier, the first-class section has wood paneling and curtains...
Along with the will power goes a Spartan regime, which specifies rhythmic breathing, with brisk walks, warm baths, cold rubdowns and a good night's rest. There is also a walloping dose of what sounds like near vegetarianism: a drink of warm water on awakening, only fresh fruit for breakfast (no coffee!), at least three glasses of water or juice during the morning, a sandwich and salad for lunch, more water or juice, and for dinner only light soup, fruit or green salad, with nothing headier than cottage cheese. Liquor is absolutely banned. So are pepper, mustard and other...