spartan

"I won't use the word spartan, but there's not too much ceremony."

Electoral College Meets to Begin Final Steps 2008

Throw in spartan cold, and you get Al Franken, Barak Obama, Kwame Kilpatrick and Tom Harkin.

Al Franken bravely goes after GOP *staffers*… - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

Despite his reputation for debauchery, his rumored orgies seem to have been fictional, and the supposedly hedonistic pope followed what Duffy calls a "spartan and coarse diet" heavy on sardines.

Scholars: TV's Borgias saga true to sinful pope 2011

Despite his reputation for debauchery, his rumored orgies seem to have been fictional, and the supposedly hedonistic pope followed what Duffy calls a "spartan and coarse diet" heavy on sardines.

Scholars: TV's Borgias saga true to sinful pope 2011

Men like to keep their bathrooms distinctly spartan, that is until a girlfriend arrives and inevitably stakes her claim.

15 Annoying Things Most Girlfriends Do (That You Have to Put Up With) | Manolith 2010

The truth is that every top leader, including L.K. Advani, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers, stayed put in the tents that can be described as spartan, but comfortable.

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage 2010

Poking into the Butler skyline, the building is best described as spartan and secure.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

The Pro Football Hall of Fame member, now 73 years old, recalls the spartan Marion County coal camp of his youth, where his teachers Mrs. Hornyak and Mr. Wolfe made lasting impressions.

59 Top Stories, Sports and Weather 2009

The VideoCrawler interface, which one might describe as spartan, lets you drag and drop windows, like the video player or the channels feature.

VentureBeat 2008

He noted that trade volume remained "spartan" as most investors stuck to the sidelines.

Asian Stocks Drop on Wall Street Slide 2010