Word: spartanly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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...
...Spartan Regime. From Seattle to New England, the Rev. Elman J. Folkenberg and Dr. J. Wayne McFarland have brought their weed-killing message to throngs of dry-throated smokers. Their approach is simple. "We consider smoking an intense neurophysical habit plus straight addiction," says Dr. McFarland. "So it has both physiological and psychological components. We deal with both...
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...
Died. Rajendra Prasad, 78, India's first President (1950-62) and devoted disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, who gave up a law career in 1917 to join Gandhi's nonviolent independence movement, endure 4½ years of British imprisonment, and ever after led a rigidly Spartan life of vegetarianism, 3 a.m. yoga exercises, and daily sessions spinning cotton, the symbolic task that characterizes a Gandhian follower; of pneumonia; in Patna, India...
...Spartan Cot. Kassem's brief regime reads like a case history in dangerous living. He savagely put down one abortive revolt, narrowly escaped death in an assassination attempt in which his arm and hand were shattered by bullets. Understandably gun-shy, he spent most of his time inside the Defense Ministry building, where he slept on a spartan cot and watched suspiciously for trouble...