Now, where would we be with that kind of thinking in these austere times?

Maybe austere times will force some to look again at what is important and what isn't.

The authority's officials described the plan, the first formal one it has offered, as austere but necessary in difficult financial times.

Where's the money coming from in these austere times?

To strengthen such programs, as the study suggests, would cost more money than the public is willing to pay, particularly in austere times.

He released a statement last night expressing satisfaction with the price in such "austere" times.

More important it seems in these financially austere times.

Give us more, just what we need in these austere times.

It would work to taxpayers advantage in our current austere times.

But then there do to seem to be more fests than these austere times allow for.