| 单词 | parsimonious |
| 例句 | The neighbors were parsimonious with their ice; it was going to take days to fill the pool. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She found a man who was not as parsimonious as my father and they moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, which is two thousand five hundred miles away. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “So you are just parsimonious with your words?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I had become his mini-me—a parsimonious, self-sufficient Vulcan who pretended everything was great when it really wasn’t. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I respect your parsimonious nature,” he says, and then continues arranging constellations his own way as he mumbles facts about outer space. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the inflow of cash and capital assets, Lawrence kept a parsimonious grip on his kingdom. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My parsimonious father doesn’t understand that a senior in high school shouldn’t have a full-time job. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z "Good. I don't like doing business with parsons. They're too parsimonious." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, my parsimonious father launches into a ten-minute-long lecture about how working for a living is hard and kids today don’t get it because they’re given allowances they don’t earn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z This may prove me as parsimonious as my father, but who spends that much money on corny inflatable light-up Santa Clauses and spinning, singing reindeer? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Half Gods” is both generous and parsimonious: it assigns every character a past, but that past is acknowledged only in pieces. Akil Kumarasamy’s “Half Gods”: A Début Collection Explores Strife, Trauma, and “a Lifetime Loving Strangers” 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Now Friedman led her diamond six, which was covered by West’s parsimonious five, dummy’s deuce and East’s singleton three. Bridge: It May Seem Like a Sacrifice, but It Turns Into Much More 2010-12-19T22:10:26Z Davis, that most parsimonious of flatterers, declared in his 1989 autobiography that Jamal had "knocked me out with his concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement". Ahmad Jamal: 'After a time you discover the Mozart in you' 2013-02-01T05:00:00Z At breakfast, a bit parsimonious owing to the depredations of that wedding party, Mrs. Webber, perhaps worried that we might not leave, assured us that the rain would let up. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z His signature later work was parsimonious in its number of lines, although he was not a minimalist, using shades of gray, clever framing, juxtapositions and suggestions of movement to create sophisticated images. Michael Crawford, Wiseacre With a Pen, Dies at 70 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Yes, typewriter manufacturers — who were parsimonious in distributing keys — actually felt we couldn’t do without “at the per-piece price of.” The mad @er 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The design everywhere is immaculate down to the copies of Films and Filming that adorn a studio that was supposedly a branch of the notoriously parsimonious Republic Pictures. The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable – review 2013-07-17T22:30:01Z The King of Marvin Gardens shares Scarecrow's parsimonious attitude to music. Film-makers need to trust the audience 2013-05-24T13:00:01Z These days all organisations, and most people, want to appear parsimonious. David Mitchell: 'Sarkozy has the only plane in which you can make Yorkshire puddings' 2011-07-30T23:05:53Z For reasons beyond my parsimonious childhood, I believe in frugality and things that last, in flea markets over Ikea, in resoling my clogs rather than buying new ones. Consumerism is ruining our kids: from $350 kicks to four-figure strollers, we’re making our children into product zombies 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z She was subsisting off snacks stolen from offices, parsimoniously portioned leftovers and late-night pizza slices. How D’Arcy Carden finally found her ‘Good Place’ 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Edison hoovers up so much food that Fletcher, who cooks parsimoniously, resents the lack of leftovers. Books of The Times: Lionel Shriver Addresses Obesity in ‘Big Brother’ 2013-06-23T19:20:39Z Bohjalian is parsimonious in the way he issues information, slowly building an increasing sense of dread with each page. 'The Night Strangers': a pilot plagued by ghosts 2011-09-28T23:49:04Z Tensions Between Companionship and Solitude Willfully withholding and maddeningly enigmatic, “Nothing Personal” may be parsimonious with words, but its sights are almost embarrassingly effusive. | 'Nothing Personal': Tensions Between Companionship and Solitude 2010-11-19T06:13:00Z "We'll miss our neighbourhood shops when they're gone," warned Mary Portas, clattering towards us in tights the colour of chilblains, her statement pendants swinging to a newly parsimonious beat. Last night's TV 2010-06-08T07:00:00Z Trinity Square promised the realisation of his dreams – a metropolis architecture of dramatic skylines, multiple levels and striking forms, on a parsimonious budget. Gateshead car park: in praise of Brutalism 2010-07-27T21:00:00Z But whatever the true figures might be, the money argument clearly trumps squishy pleas for preserving civilization to save the soul of people when trying to bargain with besieged and parsimonious politicians. Culture of Recession? Or Vice Versa? 2010-12-17T14:43:26Z But it has already signaled that most of its policymakers see room for a "parsimonious" rate cut at the rate-setting meeting next week. Brazil's finance minister expects interest to fall to 'at least' 12% by year-end 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Two spillovers into people, from a market stall holding infected raccoon dogs, was more parsimonious than two separately infected laboratory workers, carrying their infections independently to the same market. The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The minutes from the decision indicated that most policymakers see the possibility of a "parsimonious" rate cut at the next meeting in August, contingent upon consolidating a more benign inflation scenario. Brazil central bank improves 2023 GDP growth forecast to 2.0% 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Li says he thinks the system learns this skill because it is the most parsimonious description of its training data. How AI Knows Things No One Told It 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z He was, however, parsimonious with words — just a three-word boast about “reducing student debt” — concerning his policy of student loan forgiveness. Opinion | The Supreme Court finally gets a shot at Biden’s student-loan lawlessness 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Astonishingly, some congressional Republicans, being parsimonious where this is least virtuous, profess alarm about the cost of aid to Ukraine. Opinion | Why Germany must not hesitate sending tanks to Ukraine — lots of them 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Not only have they lost newspapers, the remainders are mostly owned by parsimonious national chains. News industry’s collapse paves way for special interests 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The former president gave them his endorsement, but he was parsimonious when it came to sharing some of the more than $100 million he’s amassed in a committee designed to help other candidates. GOP’s lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Because DeSantis is sometimes parsimonious with smiles and rhetorical grace notes, he runs the risk of seeming to be a sore winner. Opinion | Now the GOP can repent for the Trump era by denying him the nomination 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “The most parsimonious hypothesis is that the pandemic emerged through the animal market system,” Daszak says. Evidence suggests pandemic came from nature, not a lab, panel says 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z He built shopping malls, apartment buildings and low-cost housing in the Rockville and Gaithersburg area, acquiring a reputation as a brilliant but parsimonious executive with a domineering style, both at the office and at home. Betty Brown Casey, Washington philanthropist, dies at 95 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The Framers were parsimonious and precise with words, yet the judge and scholar Robert Bork dismissed as an “ink blot” the Ninth Amendment. Opinion | Questions for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z But the world, it turns out, is not so parsimonious. As science advances, does Ockham’s Razor still apply? 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Another eight-goal thriller would be just the ticket, though given the suddenly parsimonious nature of Chelsea’s defence, don’t bank on it. Chelsea v Arsenal: Premier League – live! 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z “We don’t have a smoking gun,” but “the most parsimonious explanation is that it came over on somebody’s boots.” Opinion | The Virus, the Bats and Us 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z “As GPs we are fairly parsimonious with tests. When you know the system, you know when someone is just doing every test they possibly can.” Long Covid: ‘Is this now me forever?’ 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Congress voted to overturn what Justice Ginsburg called the court’s “parsimonious reading” of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Congress voted to overturn what Ginsburg called the court’s “parsimonious reading” of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s feminist icon, is dead at 87 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The deal transcended years of opposition from parsimonious northern European countries like Germany and the Netherlands against issuing common debt. Despite Historic Plunge, Europe’s Economy Flashes Signs of Recovery 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Miller is as parsimonious in his personal life as he expects others to be in government. Pandemic aid watchdog steps into partisan war over bailouts 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Fan angst about its parsimonious spending habits in the transfer market rose in direct proportion to the team’s sagging domestic results. Tottenham Returns With a Tie, but Its Losses Are Mounting 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z His science-fiction blog, corewardfront.com, was meant “to find the most parsimonious route for mankind to establish a meaningful presence in space.” Who’s to blame? These three scientists are at the heart of the Surgisphere COVID-19 scandal 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Is it a mistake to try to find parsimonious explanations for his aberrant behavior? America the "pitiful": Fintan O'Toole on how our once-great nation devolved into "Trumpland" 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z We have to start with the Italian Friday night supper pasta e ceci, which is not just simple but pleasingly parsimonious. One tin of chickpeas – 17 delicious ways to use it, from halloumi salad to chocolate torte 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z As the new coronavirus spreads across the United States, the time has come for restaurants, retailers and other industries that rely on low-wage labor to abandon their parsimonious resistance to paid sick leave. Opinion | The Companies Putting Profits Ahead of Public Health 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Such selective and parsimonious information does not engender trust or faith that public health leaders are being up front. Oregon Editorial Roundup 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z With its leading health-care system, advanced medical skills and strong will to help, Taiwan was only parsimoniously allowed to “participate online,” and only once, at the WHO’s global research and innovation forum in mid-February. Opinion | We must respond to the coronavirus proactively 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In spite of his appreciation of this beautiful thing, Trump has been relatively parsimonious in using it. Donald Trump's use of clemency undermines the rule of law | Austin Sarat 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z But as Moore’s law took hold, the need to write lean, parsimonious code gradually disappeared and incentives changed. We’re approaching the limits of computer power – we need new programmers now | John Naughton 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Harry Ornest, parsimonious enough to type his own letters, brought his family to St. Louis to run the operation. The biggest save in St. Louis Blues history happened in 1983, courtesy of Harry Ornest 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Against that parsimonious impulse, however, we should balance another statistical reality: The very best, those truly worthy of the overused term “superstar,” tend to enjoy longer peaks and far milder downward slopes. Kawhi Leonard or Kevin Durant: Who Is Free Agency’s Biggest Prize? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z In recent years presidents have been parsimonious in handing them out, always following the rules set forth by the Department of Justice pardon office. Trump plans to pardon war criminals: In a horrible way, it makes sense 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z So, Canup says, the most parsimonious explanation is that some ancient cataclysm adorned the previously ringless world, and scientists need to revisit their pollution argument pointing to young rings. How Old Are Saturn's Rings? The Debate Rages On 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The 15th hasn’t been as parsimonious with birdies, but to make one, hitting it straight is paramount. Masters 2019: Why Tiger Woods hasn't won at Augusta National in 14 years - Golf Digest 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Flush with this correlation, the authors declared that blaming monarch loss on practices involving herbicide-tolerant crops was “neither parsimonious nor well supported by data.” Study on Weed-Killers and Monarch Butterflies Spurs Ecological Flap 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z None of that, though, explains why everyone has been so parsimonious, so uncharacteristically cautious. Has the Premier League Transfer Bubble Burst? 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z But Van Wagenen speaks the management palaver of choice this parsimonious winter. Why Isn’t Anyone Bidding for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado? 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The club took the players’ dissatisfaction seriously and were quick to dismiss Henry, even though his hefty severance package of between €10 and €15m is a departure from their previously parsimonious ways. Thierry Henry only has himself to blame for his failure at Monaco 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The genetic record can be more “parsimoniously explained,” the authors remark, by at least two separate migrations to Vanuatu: first, the Austronesians, with their East Asian ancestry, and then, hundreds of years later, the Papuans. Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, he says, “we are taking a parsimonious view” that they are in fact feathers. Pterosaurs Just Keep Getting Weirder 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Americans are sensibly parsimonious with their trust, preferring divided government to one party’s control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Opinion | America has shingles. A divided Congress could be the cure. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Yet with the other hand, his office is ridiculing faith-based actors, parsimoniously interpreting the reach of religious-liberty rights to defend the administration’s partisan policy goals. Opinion | Religious freedom for me, but not for thee 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Still, he says, the conclusion that Dickinsonia produced cholesterol—and was therefore an animal—“is the most parsimonious explanation at this stage. I would say it’s plausible.” This fossil is one of the world’s earliest animals, according to fat molecules preserved for a half-billion years 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Known as parsimonious, he turned Vatican City’s deficit into a surplus. The Man Who Took On the Pope: The Story Behind the Viganò Letter 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z “The Incendiaries” is so parsimonious with description as to seem nearly starved of it. Religious Faith Turns Monstrous in R. O. Kwon’s “The Incendiaries” 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The most parsimonious, just and direct way to address racial economic disparity would be direct reparations. Analysis | How 12 experts would end inequality if they ran America 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z While most doctors seek to use them precisely and parsimoniously, some livestock farms literally slosh them around. Resist a US trade deal. Your life may depend on it | George Monbiot 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z No wonder managers are chastised for being too parsimonious, or too indecisive. Arsenal Is in Crisis, but a Signing Changes the Mood 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Less sunlight reaches the poles, which means the lander and rover must be parsimonious with power. India plans tricky and unprecedented landing near moon's south pole 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z It was through him that fans heard stories about the parsimonious Cooke, the greatness of Wayne Gretzky and, finally, in 2012, the unparalleled joy of winning the Stanley Cup. Statue of longtime Kings voice Bob Miller is unveiled outside of Staples Center 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z They were still two goals away from claiming three points, though: a big task against this parsimonious Burnley rearguard. Jesse Lingard double rescues Manchester United against Burnley 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The most parsimonious explanation is that these alleles represent the ancestral human condition, inherited by both Neandertals and modern humans in Africa from their common ancestor, Capra says. Modern humans lost DNA when they left Africa—but mating with Neandertals brought some back 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Credit for that is due to the new arrival Ederson, for it is doubtful City would be so parsimonious had they persisted with Claudio Bravo between the posts. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Martin finally freed himself from the parsimonious clutches of EMI, taking their best producers and staff in a daring bid to go independent, forming the successful—and highly equitable—Associated Independent Recording. The first biography of George Martin, the Beatles’ only producer 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr Trump, who has long had a reputation for being as parsimonious towards his employees as he is lavish in spending on himself, was enraged by the revelations. Another job opening in the Trump administration 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z But the bill suffers from fatal flaws, even setting aside how red-state residents would suffer under the parsimonious health policies their governments would adopt. Opinion | Another execrable health-care bill proves bad ideas never die 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z "At what point does contamination become so unlikely that it's not a parsimonious explanation?" she asks. ‘I don’t care what they say about me’: Paleontologist stares down critics in her hunt for dinosaur proteins 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z For example: one way the draft legislation would slash Medicaid spending is by transferring funds from states that spend lots of money per Medicaid enrollee to more parsimonious states. Can Mitch McConnell Save the Republican Health Care Bill? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z And this spring, it was about to open a bricks-and-mortar store in Georgetown until the rent exceeded what the parsimonious duo was willing to pay. Perspective | Cubs’ win is a stitch in time for Bethesda needlepoint products company 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z And, just as surely, each neglected to offer the most logical and parsimonious explanation for failure: no agreement was reached because at least one of the parties preferred to maintain the impasse. Israel-Palestine: the real reason there’s still no peace 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Ironically, the parsimonious mood of the state might be harnessed in the effort. Recent Missouri editorials 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Yet at least his City were far more parsimonious than Guardiola’s. Manchester City’s Monaco failure should put Pep Guardiola on defensive | Jamie Jackson 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z “So? Physical nature, unlike biology, is more parsimonious. Even biological complexity grows out of its simplicity.” Proton : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z These, dear reductionists, are, as you would put it, the most parsimonious hypotheses. If you were an elephant … 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z I would postulate a more parsimonious explanation of why life has a purpose. Can Evolution Have a ‘Higher Purpose’? 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Palace had lost six on the spin, but pulled themselves out of a tailspin last week with a fine three-goal thrashing of usually parsimonious Southampton. Arsenal v Stoke City, Premier League and more: clockwatch – live! 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Castro’s direct democracy was parsimonious regarding elections but permissive of shrugs. Fidel Castro and dead utopianism 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z I am rededicating myself to stop my parsimonious pity parties. Penny-pinchers unite: Let the angst go. 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Any process that is parsimonious in their use would thus be a boon to industry. Magnetic moments 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Once she finally gave her consent, she was parsimonious in her time on the campaign trail. The Closer: Michelle Obama 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Johnson was considered so vulnerable this year that the national party essentially wrote him off — indeed, it virtually announced as much by its parsimonious support. The unlikely savior of Republicans’ Senate control? 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z I can imagine all sorts of terrible things with Trump's taxes -- parsimonious refusal to make charitable donations, income derived from... Just Like Trump, I Avoided Paying Federal Taxes 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z In relying on just three alternative indicators, Mr Li was relatively parsimonious. Superstition ain’t the way 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Those are the concepts, and the parsimonious sets of words, that we should be using to discuss this topic. Tuition is now a useless concept in higher education 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Congress has responded to the State Department’s program parsimoniously, allocating the special visas piecemeal through its annual defense policy bill. Afghans Who Translated for the U.S. Military Are Stuck in Limbo on Visas 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Inkjet printers are not particularly fast, but they are parsimonious, for they spray ink only where it is needed. On a roll 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z By his aggressive standards it was a patient innings, but when offered anything overpitched or wide by a hard-working and parsimonious attack, he took full advantage. England v Sri Lanka: Jonny Bairstow century leads recovery after Lords' collapse 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Here it’s easy to become David Moyes – paranoid, parsimonious, the kind of sideline miser who’s useless to the brand consumers of Seoul or Minneapolis. Patrick Vieira, New York City FC and the Third Rail 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Obama threatened to veto legislation if it tracks the parsimonious House legislation. Congress struggles to strike deal on Zika funds as concern about the virus grows 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Aside from Hillary Clinton, they have been unprecedentedly parsimonious with tax information. Every presidential candidate should release full tax returns 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The phylogenetic profile and phylogenetic tree topology provided at PLAZA84 were used to reconstruct the most parsimonious series of gene gain and loss events. The genome of the seagrass Zostera marina reveals angiosperm adaptation to the sea : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The team spent several minutes on a transition drill during which the shot clock was set to a parsimonious 20 seconds. In Fast Transition, Maryland Adjusts to New Basketball Rules 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Since that game, their first at the Emirates, they have conceded a parsimonious three goals in six matches. Arsenal v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The problem is, critics say, YouTube is parsimonious in the extreme. Can songwriters survive in the age of music streaming? - BBC News 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Thanks largely to this parsimonious funding, the NHS is rated by most economists as highly efficient. Carry on working? 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z What Mr. Brito and his colleagues do care about, though, is being as parsimonious as possible with expenses across the board. Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Plan to Finance Beer Deal 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z “His explanation is the simplest and most parsimonious.” Top predator wannabe is just another T. rex 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Since that game, their first at the Emirates, they have conceded a parsimonious three goals in six matches. Arsenal v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z So, presidential aspirants — parsimonious Republicans and militarily ambivalent Democrats — should talk about the Navy they want to wield. Our Navy, our destiny 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z See More » Del Harris, who coached Malone in Houston and Milwaukee, believed that Malone’s parsimonious use of words, often garbled and possibly by design, made evaluators suspect he was not intelligent and, by extension, uncoachable. Moses Malone Was Easy to Overlook but Undeniably Great 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Nowhere is the tension between financial and public imperatives more obvious than in the massive coverage of the Trump spectacular and the parsimonious attention given to anything serious any other candidate might say. The Trumpification of the news 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The standard allowances impose parsimonious budgets upon a taxpayer in collection determinations by incorporating average expenditures for basic necessities. IRS Relaxes Offer In Compromise Rules 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Example: In this campaign, there is no room to be parsimonious. 10 Words That Will Make You Sound Smarter at Work 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z GERMANY’S neighbours in the European Union have long wished that its parsimonious citizens would save less and spend more, to boost the economy of the whole region. Spending on the Spree 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Still his answers were parsimonious, and maddeningly vague. When Doctors Withdraw Cancer Treatment 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z That water, and its parsimonious yield, are on the mind of Masumoto, whose literary ruminations on the fate of the peach and of small-scale farming cast him as the industry's moral agronomist. California peach farmer David 'Mas' Masumoto ruminates on the drought 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Champions League football looked a distinct possibility for a team sparkling in attack and parsimonious in defence. Southampton v Aston Villa: Premier League – live! 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z “Why is the administration being so parsimonious in limiting the number of Distinguished awards given when they are richly deserved by far more than 0.3 percent,” SEA President Carol A. Bonosaro said by e-mail. For a change, news about government workers saving us money 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z For all its beauty and utility, the iPhone lacks the parsimonious perfection of the handaxe, the halibut hook and the bricklayer’s trowel. This Cooper Hewitt Exhibit Shows Why The iPhone 6 Can't Outperform A Million-Year-Old Handaxe 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Employers that offer parsimonious plans or plans that require heavy premium contributions from employees also face financial penalties. What Has Obamacare Done for Jobs? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Dollar General was also parsimonious in updates despite promising to keep shareholders up to date, further inciting market skepticism. Shareholders Face Quandary in Battle for Family Dollar 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “I think a far more parsimonious interpretation is that the monkeys are merely doing what they were trained and forced to do over thousands of trials,” says Gallup. Monkeys seem to recognize their reflections 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Some people wield them parsimoniously; others dole them out willy-nilly. The Last Time I Smiled 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Scientists prefer parsimonious explanations -- the simpler the better. Did a massive volcanic eruption in India kill off the dinosaurs? 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z While commending the president for his “sincere” and “genuine” remarks — “he did a really good job” — she added, “Then why is he being so parsimonious with the Presidential Rank Awards?” Obama praises federal senior leaders, announces new programs to support them 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Indeed, “borrowed time” does sound parsimonious, if not silly: Borrowed from whom and to be paid back how? Living With Cancer: Gravy Days 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z In other words, minimize investment capital and be parsimonious with what you do get, for the sake of longevity. NetAppVoice: 7 Tips Startups Can Learn From The Bedouin 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z They will face a stern test: Southampton are this season’s Premier League surprise package and having conceded five goals, their defence is the most parsimonious in the top four tiers of the English league. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z And given the parsimonious nature of this move, an otherwise controversial outcome will be accomplished with minimal debate. Canada's Fighter Non-Decision Decision 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Rule 4: For maximum flexibility, be parsimonious with information. The 5 rules on how to kill a consumer-friendly initiative 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the challenge come up with the parsimonious theory that fits all of the data. A Closer Look at Turbulent Oceans and Greenhouse Heating 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Why are employees so frequently frustrated by managers who are parsimonious with praise? Why Is Employee Recognition So Big A Management Problem? 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z It’s unfortunate that the Obama administration’s initial, parsimonious exemption for religious groups helped ignite the firestorm that led to Hobby Lobby. Supreme Court reveals its class bias There was only one occasion in the opening 45 minutes when the most parsimonious defence in Spanish football looked vulnerable and that was the chance that fell to Bale after 32 minutes. Gareth Bale inspires Real Madrid’s extra-time barrage to crush Atlético 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z It is closer to the biological reality of a spike threshold, more parsimonious, and therefore more informative as to the functional effect of PV cells on pyramidal cells. Atallah et al. reply 2014-04-04T13:56:10.086Z As a natural scientist, I find a version of panpsychism modified for the 21st century to be the single most elegant and parsimonious explanation for the universe I find myself in. Is Consciousness Universal? 2014-01-01T05:45:00.400Z It brought Pietersen and Ian Bell together, two of the last remaining senior players in this denuded team but equally unable to break the stranglehold of the parsimonious Aussie attack. Late wickets leave England reeling 2013-12-26T07:19:48Z His ability to bowl long parsimonious spells allowed the team to operate with just three other specialist bowlers. Swann's farewell marks end of an era 2013-12-22T08:29:18Z “It is not parsimonious to assume that friendship with another triggers an innate response.” Chimps Will Share Their Lunch but Only If They Like You 2013-12-20T19:15:04.967Z Dismissing their claim for judicial review, Lord Justice Elias and Mr Justice Bean said that no doubt many considered the cap to be "too parsimonious". Lone mothers lose benefit cap case 2013-11-05T10:27:40Z He certainly became a harsher and more parsimonious king after losing her gentle presence beside him. The White Queen and The White Princess: What happened next? 2013-08-16T15:58:31Z But their basic pay is parsimonious by other states’ standards, and defining fairness is tricky. Paying lawmakers: Rewarding work 2013-07-18T15:04:04Z Would the American press be so parsimonious with the truth? Nobody Shouted Stop: Alleged Chinese Espionage Swept Under the Carpet 2013-03-11T15:22:41Z Could Mayer — who is, after all, an engineer — have come up with a more elegant and parsimonious means to the ends she seeks: an environment where the random mingling of energized employees produces unexpected ideas? Yahoo Spins No-Work-From-Home Policy As Morale Booster. Seriously. 2013-03-06T16:43:52Z The image that has been built up around him – hard-working, parsimonious and close to ordinary people – does not work for his sons, who grew up in a completely different world. Ingvar Kamprad's Ikea philosophy is only as strong as the sum of its parts 2013-03-05T14:00:29Z This time, they will almost certainly need another parsimonious performance in defence. Real Madrid present Manchester United with a formidable challenge 2013-03-04T20:00:03Z Buyers of cheap Android phones may opt for smaller SMS and voice packages than average iPhone buyers, leading to more parsimonious usage. Android Users Have Notably Lower Mobile Voice and SMS Consumption than iPhone Users 2013-02-22T14:22:53Z He was parsimonious, and hated to give away more than he had to. County cricket's cult heroes 2013-01-22T12:14:01Z That's not a snide dig at his parsimonious transfer policy, he does wear a very long coat. Football transfer rumours: Wesley Sneijder to Liverpool? 2013-01-18T09:56:46Z This season the defences of City and Chelsea have been the most parsimonious in the Premier League, each having conceded 19 goals, but in European competitions both have looked porous at the back. Arsenal and Chelsea enjoy the glut but cheap goals sell the game short| David Lacey 2013-01-04T12:53:21Z Seven years later there are no longer tips as to what's on the radio, merely parsimonious attempts to bolster contribution by requesting correspondence, with the allure of winning an interactive computer football management game. The Fiver 2012-11-08T16:24:11Z It simply looks like what it is: a mammoth, parsimonious people carrier. Car review: Seat Alhambra 2012-10-27T23:13:54Z Arizona fans are lucky that the notoriously parsimonious Bidwill Family hasn't tried to charge an additional 20 percent on tickets. The Fifth Down: Week 6 Quick Hits: Big Losses in Baltimore Win 2012-10-15T11:52:53Z "But it's not a very parsimonious hypothesis; it seems a lot to expect from a small brain with less than one million neurons." No GPS Needed: Bumblebees Find Their Own Flight Paths 2012-09-20T22:17:00Z Maybe a parsimonious view is that there was a single interbreeding period when modern humans came out of Africa. A Conversation With Chris Stringer: Chris Stringer on the Origins and Rise of Modern Humans 2012-07-16T17:20:00Z Wilson therefore believes that abandoning Hamilton’s equation and embracing a multilevel approach like the Price equation offered would be the most reasonable, and parsimonious, way to move forward. The Good Fight 2012-07-09T16:15:00.200Z It simply looks like what it is: a mammoth, parsimonious people carrier. Car review: Seat Alhambra 2012-10-27T23:13:54Z No parsimonious reconstruction of the social structure and behavioural patterns of the common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees and bonobos is therefore possible. The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes 2012-06-27T17:51:28.383Z All of this is quite a turnabout from a few years ago, when the Bush administration struck many observers as indifferent at best to the S.B.A. and the Republican-led Congress was parsimonious in funding it. You’re the Boss Blog: Partisan Divide in D.C.? Not Over the S.B.A. 2012-06-15T15:00:24Z It does not require one to become a pale and parsimonious lettuce-nibbler. Viewpoint: Childhood obesity and passive parenting 2012-06-06T14:53:25Z The ITV team covering the Belgium match favoured references to George Graham's parsimonious 1990s Arsenal over the Greek comparison. Euro 2012: England analysis would sound slicker if they cut back Verve 2012-06-03T14:54:53Z The double loss to the Treasury through Federation and parsimonious Nature was very serious. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Though parsimonious with himself, he was generous to others. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z When he was somewhat advanced in life, he dismissed his fox-hounds, retrenched his expenses, and lived in the most parsimonious manner. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z He is reputed to be parsimonious even in his pleasures, and has managed to get himself deeply into debt without being supposed to have wasted any of his substance in obedience to a generous impulse. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful selfÐdenial, and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A well-known judge was credited with being parsimonious. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z The price was sixty ducats, but the parsimonious Agnolo said he would give but forty, though he knew it was worth more. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z "It begins with a Nem," he said, doling them out parsimoniously. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Aldo was away for weeks at a time, and although he seemed in good humour when he was at home, and dressed elaborately, he was always parsimonious in the house, warning against rashness and expense. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z We speak of persons as covetous in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living, niggardly in dispensing. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z At the end of her dissenting opinion, Justice Ginsburg declared that “the ball is in Congress’s court,” and that it was up to the legislative branch “to correct this court’s parsimonious reading of Title VII.” Opinionator: Accidental Heroines 2012-03-08T03:25:18Z A parsimonious country banker--who seemed to be a sort of second edition of Gasper Farrington--had decided to move his bank from its original location to a point two hundred miles distant. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Poor Plutarch, who likes to do well by his heroes, is put to his wits' end to know what to do with testy, patriotic, honest, fearless, parsimonious Cato. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The rights guaranteed by our Constitution are parsimonious by international standards, and they are frozen in amber. Sidebar: ?We the People? Loses Appeal With People Around the World 2012-02-06T16:39:14Z He associates familiarly with the negro, is zealous, parsimonious, and so sensitive that he will even kill himself if he becomes incapable of revenging an insult. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z He knew that its sappy wood would burn with difficulty, but it would do to make the rest of the fuel last longer—possibly, with the most parsimonious care, even till sunrise. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z We are not forbidden to offer assistance to any one in want of it, and the provisions, at least, do not belong to our parsimonious Lords. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z But those that spend a fortune do not, on average, outperform their more parsimonious peers. Research and development: Brain gain 2012-01-19T16:07:07Z The old days of parsimonious living and respect for one's betters were gone forever. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z The previous interpretation of this assemblage as falling within Early Upper Paleolithic variability remains the most parsimonious explanation; pending additional fossil discoveries, there is no evidence supporting the occurrence of Neandertals at these high latitudes. [Technical Comment] Comment on ?Late Mousterian Persistence near the Arctic Circle? 2012-01-12T19:25:22.327Z They know, I can tell you, and they despise parsimonious people who try to make their old things do forever. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z You will conclude that during this time I must have been at more expense than I could afford—indeed, the most parsimonious could not have avoided it. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z He said, "The holy gospel did not express that the rich man was a robber, but that he was parsimonious, and exulted in his wealth." The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Willie's self-sacrifice was of the parsimonious sort that made acceptance impossible. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The problem with their claims is that there is a more parsimonious explanation for the Byzovaya assemblage. [Technical Comment] Comment on ?Late Mousterian Persistence near the Arctic Circle? 2012-01-12T19:25:22.327Z As every man's humour regulates the degree of his consumption, every man contributes rather according to his humour, than in proportion to his revenue: the profuse contribute more, the parsimonious less, than their proper proportion. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z He is among the more restrained of the oligarchs, parsimonious with his interviews, but in a rare conversation with a reporter talked at length with animation, candor and self-awareness. Russian oligarch gives Kennedy Center $5 million 2011-12-01T16:30:00Z We are getting rich, but we cannot much longer use his old-fashioned parsimonious rules. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z No one wishes a man to be parsimonious but he should not allow anything to be wasted which can with a reasonable exercise of effort be saved. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z But no; not another foot of his farm would Jabe Raulsbury sell, and if ever dog-in-the-manger was fully demonstrated it was by this parsimonious irascible man whom no one respected and many heartily despised. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z The merchants of London, indeed, have not yet generally become such magnificent lords as those of Cadiz and Lisbon; but neither are they in general such attentive and parsimonious burghers as those of Amsterdam. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Herself unpopular, her parsimonious husband, the Comte d'Eu, was bitterly disliked by most Brazilians. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z After all, he had inherited more than he knew from his sternly business-like and rather parsimonious ancestors. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Why should she submit to parsimonious skimping and cheese-paring, to living with only one servant when several other women had two, to all the little shifts and meannesses poor Harry had declared to be necessary? A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z Cadaverous, simply because he was too parsimonious to provide sufficient nourishing food to meet the demands of such a huge body. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z Avarice was, however, the ruin of Perseus; for he did not understand the true use of the purse, which he used his utmost exertions to fill, and then held its strings with parsimonious stringency. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z His life was austere and abstemious; parsimonious for himself, he was lavish for the public. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The boy's reaction from his uncle's firm and parsimonious guardianship was natural, and she studied him with fresh curiosity. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z After living next door to him for seven years, I’ve come to appreciate his frugal habits: He re-uses kitchen bags, is parsimonious with paper towels, and cuts up old garden hoses for other purposes. The Benefits of Buying Everything Used 2011-10-08T18:05:35Z This idea was encouraged by the parsimonious habits of his life and by the trifling but cautious ventures that he sometimes made in the commercial activity of the city. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The Home establishment of our cavalry was supposed to be about 12,000 men, but owing to a parsimonious administration only about half that number had horses, and in some corps less than a half. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z But this better sort was rare, and sufficed not to supply employment to Juliet for her maintenance, though the most parsimonious. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Since his parsimonious uncle had not let him go to a university, his spending a good sum was justified, and to go about with Stannard was a liberal education. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Blue Origin is parsimonious in giving updates about its progress, even when it is successful. Rocket Financed by Amazon Founder Crashes in Test Flight 2011-09-03T01:56:14Z The Poor Law is the civilised man’s ironic rebuke to a parsimonious Creator. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z He was parsimonious too; generosity in praise, or in purse, was unknown to him; and he had stiff school-mastery ways with youngish men—craving oblation and large tokens of respect. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z For many Italians, the marketplace turbulence does not reflect the day-to-day reality of generally parsimonious homeowners in the euro zone’s third-largest economy, after Germany and France. Italians More Perplexed Than Anxious Over Latest Debt Crisis 2011-08-10T19:25:23Z We need to be more parsimonious in our use of energy, yes. Solving Climate Change 2011-08-10T10:53:23Z So, going higher than mere bodily organisation, we may say that some men are bold and resolute while others are timid and irresolute; some again are parsimonious and others prodigal. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z States and localities saddled with balanced-budget rules are relatively parsimonious and spend a fair amount of time debating even relatively modest public investments. Balanced Budget Suddenly Looks More Appealing: Edward Glaeser 2011-08-02T00:22:02Z Her father is a very dry Scot, very quaint and parsimonious, but a good fellow at heart.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Uncle Jabez inspired many of the more parsimonious of the county to follow his lead in giving to the cause. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z He thrust out an enormous bouquet of orchids, which, in his fear of appearing parsimonious, he had doubled beyond all reason. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The parsimonious queen emphatically rated his value by declaring, that she would rather have lost ten thousand pounds—no part of which, during his life, the careless yet not the neglected Ascham ever shared. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z His slender stock, though frugally and even parsimoniously administered, was nearly exhausted; and, at the time of our meeting at Rome, he was making reluctant preparations to return. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Kilgard suggests that learning probably results from a few parsimonious tweaks at a more microscopic level, involving relatively small numbers of neurons and synapses. The Learning Brain Gets Bigger -- then Smaller 2011-05-24T13:45:02.440Z She really should be having it cultivated by a good master, but Mr. Pore was so parsimonious there was no telling whether or not he would let her have the necessary advantages. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Sometimes I eat with my neighbours and friends, and frequently I invite them; my table is neat and clean, and not parsimoniously furnished. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Even geosynchronous satellite communication is aimed down, parsimoniously covering only a portion of Earth’s surface. Readers Respond to "Flu Factories" and Other Articles 2011-04-22T12:45:02.053Z As a result of this, he had been apprenticed to a firm of parsimonious owners, and began his career in a badly found and undermanned iron sailing ship. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The latter's reception was especially brilliant, and those who knew Mr. Sanders's parsimonious character were much surprised at his profuse expenditure for the occasion. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z More than 70 percent of Germans, otherwise regarded as parsimonious, would now be willing to pay €20, or about $28, more a month for their energy if nuclear power was abolished. Letter from Europe: Merkel Pays Political Price for Shift on Nuclear Power 2011-03-21T14:47:23Z In eight Champions League games United have conceded only two goals, the most parsimonious record in the competition. Chris Smalling helps make a shaky case for Manchester United's defence 2011-03-15T23:44:45Z “At first, all of us held steadfast, saying we spent years learning the craft of psychotherapy and weren’t relinquishing it because of parsimonious policies by managed care,” Dr. Levin said. Talk Doesn?t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns to Drugs 2011-03-05T23:26:52Z She was not parsimonious, but hard, and he could endure that for another's sake. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z If there was any literary man in whose favour James II., on his accession, might have been expected to relax his parsimonious habits, it was Dryden. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Some sort of employment after a battle with her father, a parsimonious life, and even then the Oxbridge tradesmen and their immortal bills.... Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z This explanation just isn’t stingy, or parsimonious enough, and it doesn’t fit with the fact that the split for Phthirus happened 3 or 4 million years ago. Of lice and men: An itchy history 2011-02-14T17:15:00.247Z The Austrians had won the game by cleverly cracking the Swiss Bolt, legendary manager Karl Rappan's usually parsimonious plan, with a series of short and snappy passes. The Joy of Six: Great comebacks 2011-02-11T10:40:01Z For all that he is perhaps a little parsimonious. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Shylock is an isolated figure, unsociable, parsimonious, and relentless, who tries to inflict harm on those who envy him his wealth and hate him for his avarice. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z I spurn thy coldness with a kick, And pile on rugs as my protectors, I'd send—to warm them—to Old Nick, Thy parsimonious directors! Mr. Punch's Railway Book 2011-01-23T03:00:16.120Z As a hard-hitting but orthodox batsman and parsimonious left-arm spinner he immediately impressed, and took five for 41 against South Africa at The Oval. Samit Patel threw away England World Cup place, says Andy Flower 2011-01-19T22:00:01Z A simple person of inexpensive habits, she began forthwith to save, and, perhaps, to be a little parsimonious, in favor of her boy. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Mr. Kahn, who died late last month at the age of 93, was almost alone among his fellow economists in his devotion to clear, parsimonious language. Economic View: A Champion of Plain English 2011-01-08T18:33:07Z England's batsmen dispatched the Australian attack as if it was a pub team; its fielding was athletic and precise; its bowlers were both aggressive and parsimonious. Cricket: England's Win over Australia Creates History 2011-01-07T08:35:00Z In other words, while voters endorsed the Tea Party ideal of a radically more parsimonious federal government, they haven’t yet gotten their heads around the excruciating choices it entails — or even the relatively easy ones. Victory Alone Does Not a Mandate Make 2011-01-05T01:30:19Z They got away with it last season because they were so parsimonious at the back, but suddenly the defence acts like a colander. Arsenal rise above predictable provocation from Birmingham's Lee Bowyer 2011-01-03T07:01:03Z In 1570, after a terrible storm, appeal was made to Elizabeth, who parsimoniously granted money obtained by the sale of lead and other materials from certain neighbouring churches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Bresnan is regarded as the most parsimonious, most likely to offer the sort of control that the injured Stuart Broad achieved in the first two Tests. England's enterprise stifled by pitch 2010-12-11T09:51:00Z But Damasio scoffs, saying that these results “can be parsimoniously interpreted in the context of the abundant evidence that mind processes operate nonconsciously.” What Was I Thinking? 2010-11-28T23:05:00Z The company, of course, is free to be as parsimonious as it, its shareholders and board of directors want it to be. Dot Earth: DiCaprio Presses Apple to Aid Wild Tigers 2010-11-21T16:08:00Z At the Food Network's website, I was able to play its parsimonious selection of free video clips. GoogleTV not yet ready for prime time 2010-10-28T02:19:00Z That may draw yet more criticism for Capello, but a goalless draw would be a perfectly decent result for England against such parsimonious opposition. The Question: Can England overcome Switzerland's record-breaking defence? 2010-09-06T16:57:00Z Rather, they are hardy beasts—parsimonious when buying a ticket, profligate once in the air—willing to endure discomfort and indignity just so long as they get to their destination cheaply and with their suitcases. Ryanair's O'Leary: The Duke of Discomfort 2010-09-02T21:00:00Z Consolidation was the theme as the big four raked in money and spent parsimoniously to reach transfer deadline day with a net gain of £73m. Paul Hayward on English decline 2010-04-08T15:35:00Z After investing some $3 billion in Afghanistan's destruction during the Cold War, Washington and its allies now proved parsimonious in the reconstruction funds they offered. Calling Afghanistan what it is: A drug war 2010-03-31T01:01:00Z Wigan continued to probe but the Premier League's most parsimonious defence held firm in the face of a barrage. Wigan 1-2 Aston Villa 2010-03-16T22:00:00Z In 2007, Justice Ginsburg called upon Congress from the bench to reverse what she called the majority’s “parsimonious reading” of an employment discrimination law in Ledbetter v. In a Polarized Court, Getting the Last Word 2010-03-08T17:41:00Z But she knew his core belief: the government should be parsimonious with voters' money. 2010-02-04T22:50:00Z Poor Jean Gouicket wished devoutly that there would be less of the latter and more honesty in payment; but he dared not ask for his money, recalling the fate of a parsimonious landlord at Vannes. A Blot on the Scutcheon But he could be liberal as well as parsimonious. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Surprise is one of nature's best gifts, but at our mature age she is parsimonious. The Gay Adventure A Romance The Lent term passed away with parsimonious February sunlight, with March lying grey upon the houses until it proclaimed itself suddenly in a booming London gale. Sinister Street, vol. 1 And her husband will be in no hurry to present her with a new one—he has grown so parsimonious of late! Yiddish Tales She put a water can on the washstand and parsimoniously measured into it some attar of roses. A Bed of Roses And he ate his dinner, and drank his glass of wine, without making any allusion to the parsimonious habits of his son-in-law, Mr. Traffick. Ayala's Angel But in this assent Scatter such freedom as it may appear Our fortunes be our own: and that no eye Of jealousy or parsimonious thrift Can bound our humour. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 You cannot imagine how I stared; all this from Johnson, that parsimonious praiser! Lives of Celebrated Women If he did not soon get some one to take the keys from him, he would give away everything; but he was most frugal, and even parsimonious, where he was himself concerned. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. He found at his accession a costly, although parsimoniously arranged system of government, and a moderately filled State Treasury. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 It must be admitted that the worshipful company, notwithstanding its parsimonious spirit in the matter of vend, acted in good faith with both prospective husbands and present "maids." Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) This proverb, however, paints the national character with less fidelity than most others; the parsimonious selfishness it implies is not Spanish. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. But the great empires which clutch territory and ignore men, spend prodigally on their armies and parsimoniously on their people. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde "Bestows on her too parsimonious lord, An infant for the apple of his eye." The Bible Story Virginia continued to be too parsimonious and too indifferent to the sufferings of her people beyond the mountains. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Considering, however, the parsimonious character which the historian attributes to this emperor, we are more inclined to think that the sum must have been entered on the credit side of the ledger. Roman Women Of one thing only he was sure—there had been no parsimonious intent on my part. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920 The contributions of the government for the maintenance of the lyceums being on a somewhat parsimonious scale, every kind of economy is practiced. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Knowing your adopted brother’s fondness for music, how could you hoard your treasure so parsimoniously, denying him such happiness as you might have conferred?” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part She was the old middle-class Frenchwoman whom he has so often seen—devoted, active, meddlesome, parsimonious, exacting veneration, and expending zeal. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 There would be nothing but good to be said of either, if both had not been, not perhaps blasphemous but parsimonious of praise, towards "Our Lady of the Rocks." A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing The second generation of the Goelets—counting from the founder of the fortune—were incorrigibly parsimonious. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Perhaps because he knew he was by nature inclining to the parsimonious, he took a backforemost pleasure in the recklessness with which he supplied his brother’s exigence. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) Yes, for a youth of sixteen years, I fear it must be admitted that I was unnaturally parsimonious, and a good deal of what schoolboys used to call a smug and a swatter. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Furnish thee with ships, Gather thy gentleman adventurers, And be assured thy parsimonious queen— Oh ay, she knows that chattering of the world— Will find thee wealth enough. Collected Poems Volume One Smatt was a prominent legal light in shipping circles, and he was not parsimonious. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story His frugality did not arise from wise self-control, but from his parsimonious habits. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times In the accumulation of a competency, against the odds and chances of advanced life, a man may be pardoned for a degree of economical prudence; but for parsimonious meanness, there is certainly no excuse. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes The public, to some extent, at once consider him who adverts to this topic, as parsimonious or mean. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery He and his wife, however, were mean and parsimonious. Mark Mason's Victory Although Bideabout had taken some pains to put his house in order before his marriage, repairs had been executed only on what was necessary, and in a parsimonious spirit. The Broom-Squire Like most extravagant men, the General, under the weight of an enormous gambling debt, became excessively parsimonious in his household, and talked loudly of retrenchment and home reforms. Mabel's Mistake She is less parsimonious with her winged seeds, such as of the maple and the elm, than with her heavy nuts—butternuts, hickory-nuts, acorns, beechnuts, and so on. Under the Maples The jealous and parsimonious states of the east, had regarded only their own selfish ends, to the utter exclusion of the national interest. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 When they met in New York Jack was very hard up, and had only succeeded in obtaining twenty five-cents from his parsimonious aunt. Mark Mason's Victory Why, what a parsimonious little wretch you are! Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life She doesn't want to be parsimonious, which is just what the French cook is with his flavors, only he, more scientifically, calls it using good judgment. Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them Blind to the beauty of womanhood, the young, handsome, and now rich Sabbataï, went his lonely, parsimonious way, and a wondering band followed him, scarcely disturbing his loneliness by their reverential companionship. Dreamers of the Ghetto “It was crumbs and scraps under the parsimonious régime; but now the prodigal has come into his own and believes in honest wages and a merry life.” The Strollers He was black-bearded, barely of middle stature, a parsimonious man when it came to using words. When the West Was Young As for baths, they are for the rich,—even the more modern structures are parsimonious of baths. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life He was generous to a fault toward others, but very frugal, even parsimonious in his home and in his personal habits. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark She would be lavish in complaint and parsimonious of help. In a Little Town Yet I could have wished that he had been less parsimonious with his human appeals, for whenever he unbends he can be at once interesting and informing. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 A miser having heard of another still more parsimonious than himself, waited on him to gain instruction. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. She was wisely parsimonious in all things and, daring nothing herself, had no patience with natures which were more courageous. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin He was very reserved and parsimonious, and his eye never met frankly the person with whom he talked. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden And being of New England, he would always be parsimonious with flatteries. In a Little Town The avaricious and rapacious are ready to reach out for gain; the parsimonious, miserly, and niggardly prefer the safer and less adventurous way of avoiding expenditure. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Her simple and parsimonious habits were very strange. All About Coffee Our parsimonious Dane was so highly irritated, that he took possession of the candle and carried it off in his pocket. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France A parsimonious people are never progressive, neither are they, as a rule, industrially efficient. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production My father, I know, is parsimonious, but he sincerely loved his children. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Avaricious and covetous refer especially to acquisition, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, and penurious to expenditure. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Dubois, the funny man, and Jolivet, the parsimonious reveller, who generally manages to make his friends pay the bill, are not bad common form of farce. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century In fact, I've been acquiring parsimonious habits and worrying myself about expenses lately. Hawtrey's Deputy The wife of Captain Tinong is very parsimonious—she has never sent us presents, though we have been to her house. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere Isaac, the last of the old parsimonious school, pushed on by his avaricious wife, cheats his brother and seizes the inheritance of his nephew, who is supposititiously killed by accident in the dark. Bones in London It is exactly as if he had made me talk about the Skelt and Stevenson Toy Theatre as 'a cent plain, and two cents coloured' or condemned a parsimonious policy as dime-wise and dollar-foolish. What I Saw in America The solid, parsimonious, and industrious qualities of the French peasantry have given their country the recuperative force which has enabled its greatness to survive the countless follies and extravagances of its rulers. The Map of Life Conduct and Character Deeply have we suffered since those words were written, for an arrogant under-estimation of the enemy, a reprehensible delay in preparing for him, and a parsimonious system of carrying out those preparations when attempted. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 As a man becomes rich he also becomes more parsimonious. The Proverbs of Scotland In his domestic economy he was frugal without being parsimonious. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler It has already been said that he was parsimonious, cross-grained, and cruel-hearted, and he had been in specially ill-temper since the return of his boy without the horse upon which so much value was set. Camp-fire and Wigwam The Priory was a fine, rambling old house, which had recently come into Jack Cheriton's possession through the death of a parsimonious relative. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls In fact, I’ve been acquiring parsimonious habits and worrying myself about expenses lately. Masters of the Wheat-Lands In allusion to greedy, parsimonious people, who would rather be put to a great deal of trouble than incur a trifling expense. The Proverbs of Scotland Diva was very ingenious: she used up all sorts of odds and ends in a way that did credit to her undoubtedly parsimonious qualities. Miss Mapp It takes a great deal to bring a man back down the ages—down—down to this small, poor, parsimonious life; it takes a great deal. Girls of the Forest His wife had helped him, and a lucky windfall upon the decease of a parsimonious relative had done the rest. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Men of great wealth and parsimonious habits came and placed their whole fortunes at the disposal of their bankers in order to support their credit. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I There are men who act almost as foolishly as the parsimonious horse owner in this fable did; and who are as properly punished as he was. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Many of our denominational colleges are parsimoniously sustained. Colleges in America When will you finally give, O parsimonious mortal? when ripen, tree? when flood the valley, stream?” The Goose Man I do remember, in particular, a tidy, laborious, parsimonious, pragmatical little Scotchwoman, Christiana. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Howard was so crippled by parsimonious mismanagement on the part of his Government that he had to be content with "half-doings," instead of decisive results. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Accordingly, his Viceroyalty of India moved Bonaparte to envy, patriotic Britons to rapturous applause, and the parsimonious Directors of the Company to carping criticisms. William Pitt and the Great War But he was bitter and satirical, irritable, parsimonious, and vain. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges He is not parsimonious, but his instincts and habits have been prudent. Floyd Grandon's Honor I have heard Americans who have been in London complain of the scarcity of ice with us, and the parsimonious way in which it is used. A Boy's Voyage Round the World They either become less active and industrious, or more parsimonious and miserly; and not a few become prodigals or bankrupts at once. The Young Man's Guide Lord Shotover smiled rather ruefully upon his prosperous, and, it may be added, slightly parsimonious, younger brother. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance He was parsimonious; he was avaricious; he was easily put out of temper. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I In which latter capacity, Kodweis, as Father Schiller insinuates, was rash, imprudent and unlucky, and at one time had like to have involved that prudent, parsimonious Son-in-law in his disastrous economics. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works However, all over the Islands the women are more parsimonious than the men; but, as a rule, they are more clever and discerning than the other sex, over whom they exercise great influence. The Philippine Islands And so their wretched days of starvation were often made shorter by a more or less harmless attack on the poor skipper, who might only be the instrument of a parsimonious managing owner. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century Verily, these parsimonious traders would barter their own souls, if they possessed any value. Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs First, his parsimonious instincts; second, the fact that for love or money no negro would minister to him, and in this community negroes were the only household servants to be had. From Place to Place They were now entering the village, the long, straggling street of which soon afforded “the Golden Shoemaker” evidence enough of his deceased uncle’s parsimonious ideas. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn Henry's habits were religious, and his house expenses parsimonious—sometimes necessarily so, for he was short of money. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries The educational forces of the country knew what was needed, but a parsimonious public would not follow intelligent leadership. On the Firing Line in Education They are still curious in their editions, and are not parsimonious in their price for what they call an uncastrated copy. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 This, with a thrifty and rather parsimonious population, like that which increases and multiplies so steadily in Artois, is a most significant fact. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 He rarely spared any one, and on Nollekens he was frequently merciless; he disliked him for his close and parsimonious nature, and rarely failed to hit him under the fifth rib. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Mr Frank and his servant Juniper, two whining, methodistical, parsimonious teetotallers! oh dear, it was rich.” Frank Oldfield Lost and Found There was not much state in the magnificent palace of little Louis XIV during his long minority, and he chafed against the restrictions of a parsimonious household. Heroes of Modern Europe A parsimonious farmer notorious for the small rations he doled out to his employees, said to a farmhand eating his breakfast, "Jock, there's a fly in yer parritch." Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers If so, Cornish had to give way to the parsimonious whim of his fellow sheriff. London and the Kingdom - Volume II While my uncle had a knack of saving without appearing parsimonious, my father had an unfortunate habit of frittering his money away upon trifles. The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I It will never be right of course to inspire a parsimonious spirit in regard either to goods or to energies. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History Such a governmental establishment, with its bureaucratic personnel, its "civil list" and its privileged classes, would not be conducted on anything like a parsimonious footing. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation The alteration in the demeanour of people of parsimonious habit, when they discover that the guest they are entertaining is a pauper and not, as they had supposed, an heiress, is subtle but well marked. Jill the Reckless That the servant of so parsimonious a man should have been possessed of such a sum of money seemed very doubtful, and inquiries were started with the view of ascertaining the facts of the case. Bucholz and the Detectives He needs no assistance,—for the picture is painted in bright colors, and the light is thrown with no parsimonious hand upon every corner. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 They are parsimonious in their Diet, as the Holy Fathers were in their frugal life in the Desert, known by the name of Eremites. A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. Youth considers itself immortal, and its powers without limit, but as a man approaches thirty he grows economical of his resources and parsimonious of his emotions. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians In this remark, a stinted and parsimonious spirit is not suggested. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Christ's was a poverty so keen and so parsimonious that Occidentals can not picture it. A Hero and Some Other Folks The parsimonious frugality of Elizabeth was a powerful support to her prerogative, while the prodigal grants of King James to his favourites paved the way to his son's ruin. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel For his magnificent presents, his gorgeous works on the structure of his church, were made possible by his own simple, almost parsimonious manner of living. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See The Vallins were at table, in the act of slowly eating slices of bread which they parsimoniously spread with a little rancid butter on a plate between the two. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers His poems are the fruit of Oriental mysticism and bardic fervor grafted upon the shrewd, parsimonious, New England puritanic stock. The Last Harvest Many years later the story was told, when an officer present stated that he was the visitor whom the duke had treated so parsimoniously. Lectures on Modern history Domitius, Spectabilis, has received a concession for drainage of land which he is too parsimonious to take full advantage of, ii. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Scraggs shuddered at thought of the expense, for in addition to being parsimonious he had very little ready cash on hand and no credit. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Merchantmen are invariably manned with the least possible number, and often go to sea short-handed, even according to the parsimonious calculations of their owners. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 By these practices, and his parsimonious manner of living, Rembrandt amassed a large fortune. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) The revenue of its possessor, which had always found a mode of expenditure congenial to his generous nature, was now attended to more parsimoniously, that it might embrace a wider portion of utility. The Last Man She will be parsimonious with her letters and caresses and thus keep her attraction at its height. The Spinster Book Doctor Prescott was regarded in the village as rather parsimonious except in those three directions. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel It is a shame to speak of her as parsimonious or as failing in any benevolent duty. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention She and her brother were both quite well-to-do, but she had a parsimonious turn. Jane Field A Novel If that is all we've got, I am perfectly right to be parsimonious. Bella Donna A Novel He was an electrical engineer, with an office in the city, and had a tolerably good income, although his first wife's New England thrift had compelled him to live parsimoniously. By the Light of the Soul A Novel The roundness of the bodies obtained by gradation of tints, the exactness of the shadows and the parsimonious reserve in the light in this unparalleled picture betray the habits of a sculptor. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The French kings were parsimonious except when lavishing money on their vices. Great Italian and French Composers I admit," said Wilhelm, "that the great industrial corporation, civilisation, is parsimonious of everything except human lives and the best that is in the human being. Atlantis The bookseller, although a notoriously parsimonious character, had not a word to say. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 Is my money my own or is it to be doled out by parsimonious hirelings? Destiny The instant they heard this decision, they dreaded the scrutiny of the sagacious and parsimonious old man, and the enmity of the favourites by whom he had been surrounded in private life. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II There is a harmony, strange but perhaps the result of intention, between the character itself and this reserved or parsimonious method of depicting it. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Posterity will say, and it cannot be denied, that our first naval hero was rewarded with too parsimonious a hand. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 For the Villagers are not parsimonious; they stand in no danger of ever making themselves rich and thus acquiring place in the accursed class called the Philistines! Greenwich Village His father had improved the old paternal estate, and trebled its original value; and shared, in no common degree, the parsimonious disposition of his son. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers There was in this something certainly of profusion compared with the parsimonious and mean habits of our time. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The habitant watches their taxation with a parsimonious scrutiny and it is a thankless task to carry on their work. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 He compared it then to an opal or a sapphire, which shine with the same parsimonious radiance. A Comedy of Masks A Novel His parsimonious habits had left upon the minds of people a vague and shadowy notion of surpassing riches; Had he not been rich beyond men's calculation, he would not have ventured to live so meanly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 The floors were carpetless, the rooms were furnished with common bare tables and wooden chairs, art was conspicuously absent, luxury wanting, comfort barely considered, even the table was very parsimoniously served. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German His means were at this time very limited; and though he lived by no means parsimoniously, all unnecessary expenses were avoided in his establishment. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals Of course, it suited the national thrift, particularly congenial to Bogue, to feed us meanly, but we did not relish her parsimonious economies. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent The most learned Selden, with parsimonious phrase and copious sense, has thus compressed the result of an historical dissertation: he derives our ancient Christmas sports at once from the true, though remote, source. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 He lighted it from the camp fire, and sat forward on the blankets, toasting his moccasined feet and smoking parsimoniously. The Turtles of Tasman He is as heedless, gay, and prodigal of his poetical wealth, as the other is careful, reserved, and parsimonious. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution You have all had proof that I am neither poor nor parsimonious; but neither am I extravagant. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy Neither Connor nor his mother could help being highly amused at the singularity of the miserable pomp and parsimonious display resorted to by Fardorougha, in preparing for this extraordinary mission. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One The fact is, this villain, who is at once cunning and parsimonious, had a double motive, each equally base and diabolical, in sending her here. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One "It's about the most parsimonious style of candle I've ever seen," replied Dicky, "but it would give a little more light if it were trimmed." A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') The parsimonious habits, the money-getting precepts, the wary cunning, the little scruple about means, the fixed intent upon the end, of Dr. FRANKLIN, imprinted themselves on his Americans. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions He was not parsimonious and he was not omnipresent. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories He bore a real affection toward the citizens, was parsimonious of the moneys of the Commune, prodigal of his own; while a foe to vice, he was not too severe on those who erred. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots No such bargain, at a distance, with a reserved and parsimonious monarch, was likely, therefore, to have been concluded. The Life of Columbus The parsimonious Elizabeth was always slyly willing to receive the proceeds of his dashing deeds, but never unduly generous in fixing his share of them. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon Many of them inherited frugal habits from their parsimonious parents, and many of them became miserable misers independent of any hereditary tendency. Windjammers and Sea Tramps He was disgusted by her feminine weakness for masculine flattery; he dwells with almost tedious minuteness upon her smallest intrigues; he exposes her parsimonious ingratitude to her dauntless and unrivalled seamen. The Life of Froude The king was personally parsimonious, but his many projects for the general welfare of the land involved large outlay, and the consequence was an annual average deficit of seven million florins. History of Holland Paganini was notoriously parsimonious, and it was related that one evening in Florence he left his hotel rather late, jumped into a coach and ordered the man to drive him to the theatre. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday Mrs. Robinson was a good manager of the moderate means her husband had left her, but she was not parsimonious or inhospitable. Different Girls Jaspar thought this a rather extravagant move for one apparently so parsimonious; but his mind was too deeply engrossed with the difficulties which environed him to comment on extraneous subjects. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue He seemed to live among great things, but in no niggardly, parsimonious or care-taking way. Twelve Men A strange mystery it was that one who could give her body so unreservedly should be so parsimonious about her soul. Sister Teresa Jealous are they of each other; some ill-constituted, others shaken with intestine divisions, and, if I may be allowed the expression, parsimonious even to prodigality. Montcalm and Wolfe Mr. Hume, a parsimonious economist, of niggard principle and grovelling sentiment, undertook the office of coercing the Irish. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 Friends are stupid, and pusillanimous, and parsimonious; 'wearied of his stay, yet offended at his departure;' it is the manner of the world. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Thoughtless criticism has now and again condemned not only the parsimonious action of the Department, but the invertebrate conduct of the Council of Agriculture and the Boards in tolerating it. Ireland In The New Century It was a sad letter, thanking the doctor for all he had tried to do, speaking of her father's suffering at some length, parsimonious of detail concerning her own life or future plans. Katrine Those parents who seek for more, become parsimonious, unfaithful to the moral interests of their household, and indifferent to all legitimate objects of charity and benevolence. The Christian Home Tatham, having carefully shut the gate, rode slowly through the park, casting a curious and hostile eye over the signs of parsimonious neglect which it presented. The Mating of Lydia If economy is wealth, it is not so because of a niggardly and parsimonious policy. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 He was peculiarly parsimonious in the matter of chairs. Whistler Stories On the other hand, the study of local advantages and impediments demands labour and inquiry, and is rewarded after all only with the cold and parsimonious praise due to humble industry. Political Pamphlets And then, after respectful adieus, the Duke had sailed away—and within a month the papers were giving columns to his scandalous escapades with a sensational Spanish dancer of parsimonious drapery. No. 13 Washington Square We are not generally parsimonious of our employer's time, but somehow we do hate to squander that thirty-three minutes, which is the exact chronicide involved in despoiling our skull of a ten weeks' garner. Mince Pie I have even run on wrong topics for my parsimonious Muse, and waste my time from my true studies. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. But the Dutch being industrious, and consequently producing much,--and parsimonious, and consequently consuming little, have much left for exportation. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson But be systematically prudent and parsimonious she would not. Youth and the Bright Medusa One was generous to a fault, the other was miserly and parsimonious; one was genial and kind-hearted, in the arid soul of the other every noble and humane sentiment seemed to have withered and died. Ticket No. "9672" Nature, usually so economical, not to say parsimonious, seemed to have made her for her own delight, in a fit of reckless extravagance. Superseded Another parish clerk who held office at a church about five miles from Catwick, by trade a tailor, was a noted character and remarkable for his parsimonious habits. The Parish Clerk Bernard had discovered long before that their eccentric neighbor, far from being a parsimonious hoarder of untold wealth, was, in fact, almost a poor man. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir But while he was prodigal of himself, he was considerate for others; ever parsimonious of the blood of his countrymen. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Antonyms: liberality, generosity. stingy, a. parsimonious, illiberal, close, penurious, miserly, avaricious, close-fisted, sordid, niggardly. Putnam's Word Book He had not the imagination which inspires the bard or kindles the orator; but an exquisite propriety, parsimonious of ornament, gave ease, correctness, and graceful simplicity even to his most careless writings. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Furthermore, she couldn't help but think that he was parsimonious, like now as evident by the cheap hotel room, and thriftless like in Rome, all at the wrong times. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America A strange architecture, parsimoniously plain on the outside, indeed carrying the Oriental scorn for merely external effect to a point only reachable by a race at once hypocritical and madly proud. The Pretty Lady His parsimonious turns, too, had considerably increased; and his only criterion of judging of anything was according to what it would bring. Marriage Even so parsimonious was he of every moment of time! The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters Not that we are parsimonious, but we prefer to see the pictures without being scrouged. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 8, 1890 Water came down the faucet but it was a parsimonious dribble. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America Hitherto reckless of expense, especially in law, she has all at once grown parsimonious to excess. The Italians They shall see that I possess wealth; they shall see that though I may be parsimonious ordinarily, still I can spend as well as any of them when an occasion offers. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes We had much merriment one day on a fishing excursion at the expense of a parsimonious member of our crew. The Gentleman from Everywhere She disliked them both from the first; and chafed at the parsimonious habits of the house, which stood in such glaring contrast to the easy lavishness of her own luxurious home. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk The duke, who was so parsimonious with the great and wise Philip de Comines that he drove him to the court of Louis XI, was open-handed with these floating villains. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy Some packs containing tapioca were then opened, and this food was parsimoniously distributed to the slaves. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen Now, this dispute between the old gentleman and his wife—this dispute as to which should be most parsimonious—was typical of their whole course of life. Hodge and His Masters It will appear, that with respect to Lopes de Vega, he is rather too profuse of praise: that, in speaking of Molière, he is too parsimonious. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Unluckily for their fame, the Administration was equally parsimonious in national spirit and pluck, and did their utmost to protect themselves against the extravagance of such reckless fellows as Preble, Decatur, and Eaton. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Yet false criticism has been as prodigal to him in the ascription of beauty, as parsimonious and unjust to many others. Lectures on Art She contracted her household, not parsimoniously, but into narrower dimensions; and, indeed, in one point of view, these moral aberrations might be taken for a not unfortunate accident. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes At Cambridge I knew an undergraduate who had a somewhat parsimonious pater. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" Michelangelo's parsimonious habits were not occasioned by poverty or avarice. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti "My wife says I am too parsimonious with my words in telegrams—a British trait possibly." Wild Wings A Romance of Youth He was one of the most parsimonious of kings, and often averted war in order to prevent the wear and tear on the cannon. Comic History of England Indeed the most parsimonious could not have avoided it. English Men of Letters: Crabbe Mr Barnacle dated from a better time, when the country was not so parsimonious and the Circumlocution Office was not so badgered. Little Dorrit A philosopher, liberal of his wealth and parsimonious of his time, might be insensible to the common allurements of ambition, the thirst of gold and employment. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The emperor parsimoniously refused to his soldiers the sums which he granted with a lavish and trembling hand to the Barbarians. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 In 1413 Henry died, leaving behind him the record of a fraudulent sovereign who was parsimonious, sour, and superstitious, without virtue or religion. Comic History of England The two sons grew up as parsimonious as their sire. Our Mutual Friend Perhaps because he knew he was by nature inclining to the parsimonious, he took a backforemost pleasure in the recklessness with which he supplied his brother's exigence. Master of Ballantrae It must, however, be allowed that a democratic State is most parsimonious towards its principal agents. Democracy in America — Volume 1 I must say that my father, who was very economical by nature, was extraordinarily cautious and, I may say, even parsimonious in charitable matters. Reminiscences of Tolstoy The more money he made, the more parsimonious he became. The Song of the Lark So completely did I break with my parsimonious past that I sent word home to my mother to call in the boys of the neighbourhood and give to them all my collections. John Barleycorn It is not uncommon for the most parsimonious persons to be liberal in good words, and to superadd the pang of disappointment to the already almost insupportable sufferings of the destitute. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II It is the parsimonious conduct of democracy towards its principal officers which has countenanced a supposition of far more economical propensities than any which it really possesses. Democracy in America — Volume 1 The assembly of notables was but little submissive and very parsimonious. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 They are said to be extremely parsimonious; and, from what I saw of them in the houses of some of their first merchants, they seem to deserve the character. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred He is frequently parsimonious, and always thrifty, and does not generally feed himself as well as the Pathan. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War From that withdrawn inner remoteness he doled out the necessary vitality parsimoniously, drop by drop. The Leopard Woman I invoke this not on account of any parsimonious habits the mercantile interest may have, but, to confess truth, because I am not fit for an office. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 He could not hear the parsimonious manner in which she would have had him live, or the shabby style in which she received his friends. Tales and Novels — Volume 08 Virro, the rich man, does this not because he is parsimonious, but because the humiliation of his client amuses his perverted mind. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal He dined well, for he had in hand certain moneys advanced by his patron, and he was not disposed to be parsimonious. Charlotte's Inheritance Then they had travelled together to London, and now saw the same dispirited moon, saving up her silver parsimoniously, sink in gibbous meanness behind the chimney-tops. Robert Browning: How to Know Him Time, they tell us, is money, and as I have got very little of either, I am obliged to be parsimonious. Lord Kilgobbin A Roman of the old type, simple, severe, and parsimonious, he pleased nobody. Outline of Universal History The next day, however, Archibald, who was expert in parsimonious expedients, considered that he had better delay giving the hostler his half-guinea, till it had been earned by his care of Sawney. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 It must, however, be allowed that a democratic state is most parsimonious toward its principal agents. American Institutions and Their Influence At length, it seems, some parsimonious rays Collect from each far heaven a feeble blaze, Dance o'er his Europe, and again excite His numerous nations to receive the light. The Columbiad About ten o'clock I chanced to be talking about a merchant friend of mine, and without really intending it, the remark slipped out that he was a little mean and parsimonious about paying his workmen. Roughing It, Part 8. She was vain, unwisely parsimonious, petulant, and overbearing, and evinced that want of truthfulness which was too common among rulers and statesmen at that period. Outline of Universal History He was too parsimonious to promise such generosity unless absolutely certain that the occasion for it would never confront him. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire It is the parsimonious conduct of democracy toward its principal officers, which has countenanced a supposition of far more economical propensities than any which it really possesses. American Institutions and Their Influence Restaurant portions were parsimonious and prices high as usual, but the hotels made specially low rates, "pendant la guerre," which the English took advantage of in large numbers. The World Decision Gaymard is no less parsimonious with the full truth elsewhere in his counterattack. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism Washington, on the contrary, was parsimonious of the blood of his countrymen, stood forth the pure and virtuous champion of their rights, and formed for them, not himself, a mighty empire. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched A parsimonious proceeding like this is regarded with immeasurable disdain by the crews of the New York vessels, who, if their captains treated them after that fashion, would soon bolt and run. Redburn. His First Voyage Hawkins was as mean and parsimonious as he was pompous and conceited. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Everything in Euler and his family was built on a more parsimonious and niggardly plan. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Even this parsimonious offer - still disputed by the majority of contemporary EU members - will cost the Union an extra $500 million a year. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism Being a poor man, filling a place fit only for rich men, he had been driven to think of money, and had become self-denying and parsimonious,—perhaps we may say hungry and close-fisted. The Eustace Diamonds A simple person, of inexpensive habits, she began forthwith to save, and, perhaps, to be a little parsimonious, in favour of her boy. The History of Pendennis At such times every thing is magnificence: the more remarkable as in their ordinary course of life they are parsimonious to a degree of nastiness. Venetian Life |
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