Word: spartanly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...examined the heavy figure on the chair. Rodger P. Stewart's suit had holes in the knees. His shoes were run down. There were a few prunes in the room, some stale bread and some rice. The cops listened to a recital of the old man's Spartan way of life: he had risen every day at 5, had gone to Mass, then to a public library to read. He had no visitors. He retired each night at 7. Some of the policemen recalled that he cadged dimes for food on the streets nearby...
There was plenty to sample in the resulting hi-fi bedlam-speakers that looked like kettledrums or corner cupboards, tape recorders the size of a wallet or a washing machine, amplifiers that cost from $40 to $400, complete hookups from $150 (Spartan economy) to $3,500 (Sybaritic luxury). But as the fair went on, most of the excitement centered around something called "binaural" (or "stereophonic") sound. Aim of binaural sound: to give the ears the same effect of realistic "presence" that Cinerama films-or the old-fashioned stereoscope-give the eyes...
Pappy has no truck with razzle-dazzle football; his style of play is a combination of plain percentages and horse sense. In a new book called This Game of Football (McGraw-Hill; $4), Pappy gives away his trade secret: winning teams are the product of practice, sweat and Spartan training...
...China, just as Chungking was during World War II. Although Chiang's vast domain has shrunk to a mere 14,000 square miles, his icy dignity has, if anything, increased. Nobody is now, or ever was, on back-slapping terms with Chiang. At 65, he lives a Spartan life, eats sparingly, and neither drinks nor smokes...
...folk dancing was a favorite entertainment of the boys in the nearby public school, who came to the windows expressly to enjoy it. Ben was mortified, but not Mrs. Spock. "Don't pay any attention to them," she told him. "You know you are right." His unconventional and Spartan childhood apparently did Ben little harm, but he considers this no argument for inflicting the same kind of thing on others. "It's all right if you survive," he says. "Too many don't." He spent much of his boyhood cringing or running away from something...