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While this increased Antoninus ’ s popularity, the frugal emperor had to debase the Roman currency.
He lived in the most frugal style alike at home and in the field, and though his campaigns were undertaken largely to secure booty, he was content to enrich the state and his friends and to return as poor as he had set forth.
The style of New England cookery originated from its colonial roots, that is to say practical, frugal and willing to eat anything other than what they were used to from their British roots.
There are still many other elements, such as Chéng ( 誠, honesty ), Shù ( 恕, kindness and forgiveness ), Lián ( 廉, honesty and cleanness ), Chǐ ( 恥, shame, judge and sense of right and wrong ), Yǒng ( 勇, bravery ), Wēn ( 溫, kind and gentle ), Liáng ( 良, good, kindhearted ), Gōng ( 恭, respectful, reverent ), Jiǎn ( 儉, frugal ), Ràng ( 讓, modestly, self-effacing ).
However, extremely high taxes ensure that everyone on the planet lives a frugal, rural life, like the farmers of old Australia, to keep the Norstrilians tough.
He promised to maintain a strong commitment against Communism while avoiding the topic of NATO ; finally, he stressed a corruption-free, frugal administration at home.
* The quality of being efficient or frugal in using resources ; see energy conservation
The personality behind the poems is unsuited to the kind of " aristocratic withdrawal " typical of a rhapsode but is instead " argumentative, suspicious, ironically humorous, frugal, fond of proverbs, wary of women.
For the truly frugal, the cheapest method of obtaining bullets intended for use at low to moderate velocities is casting them.
Although she brought him a dowry of only $ 300, she possessed a frugal mind and a business judgment that he declared better than that of most merchants, and she assisted him in the practical details of his business.
: the miser is lauded as if he were frugal without hesitation -
With two close friends, Mao began undertaking feats of physical endurance – such as sleeping outdoors and living on a frugal diet – and they began describing themselves as the " Three Heroes " after the rebels that featured in Chinese literature.
However, the ancient Romans recognized the health benefits of a simple or " frugal " diet ( from the Latin fruges, the common name given to cereals, vegetables and legumes ) and thick vegetable soups and vegetables remained a staple.
Within the unit, a frugal and ascetic lifestyle was enforced.
An extremely frugal and honest man, Francia left the state treasury with at least twice as much money in it as when he took office, including 36, 500 pesos of his unspent salary, the equivalent of several years ' salary.
Under the leadership of Minister of National Defense Lin Biao, large investments were made in naval construction during the frugal years immediately after the Great Leap Forward.
When questioned about his wealth, Askin always attributed it to the salary from his high public office, his frugal lifestyle, good investments and canny punting.
" I didn't want to create a monument to heroes, no theatrical representation, no pathos, but wanted to appear more unassumingly with a frugal shape, hewn in stone, dignifying the actual place of the incident.
The Reformists, however, overturned these policies, favoring a cautious, non-expansionary approach to foreign policy, frugal budget reform, and lower tax rates imposed on private entrepreneurs.
Having inherited a virtually bankrupt state from previous reigns, her frugal policies restored fiscal responsibility.
This speech made Brandt, as well as the Social Democratic Party, popular among most of the students and other young West German baby-boomers who dreamed of a country that would be more open and more colorful than the frugal and still somewhat-authoritarian Bundesrepublik that had been built after World War II.
Personally most frugal, Leo XII reduced taxes, made justice less costly, and was able to find money for certain public improvements ; yet he left the Church's finances more confused than he had found them, and even the elaborate jubilee of 1825 did not really mend financial matters.
Compared with the roving Danish court, where King Frederick was notorious for gargantuan meals, heavy drinking and restless behaviour ( including marital infidelity ), Güstrow provided Anne with a frugal and stable life during her early childhood.
As bishop, Otto led a model, simple and frugal life, but did much to improve his ecclesiastical and temporal realms.
Gerd Gigerenzer focuses on how heuristics can be used to make judgments that are in principle accurate, rather than producing cognitive biases – heuristics that are " fast and frugal ".

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