Word: modeste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suggest as a cover for TIME : Otto T. Bannard if he isn't too modest to pose...
Dewey. Surely, it was a modest, a natural, a lovable, a well-pre-pared man who uttered the command : "You may fire when ready, Gridley." For seven days, the U. S. waited for authentic news of this man's victory. For 16 months, the U. S. waited for its idol to come home and receive in person his righteous adulation. Some say that his welcome was the beginning of the spectacle era in the U. S.a wood and plaster triumphal arch in Manhattan (reputed to be "a labor of love"), massed flag waving and horn blowing, loving cups, a sword...
Then Admiral Dewey began to make what the public called "mis-takes." When questioned about the home which popular subscription was building for him in Washington, he said that he wanted only a modest house with a small dining-room seating 18 persons. . . . At 62, he married and deeded the house to his wife. The public became as spiteful as a cast-off mistress. . . . The public was ready to jeer in 1900 when Admiral Dewey responded to pressure and naively announced that he was willing to run for President. Said he: "Since studying this subject, I am convinced that...
Lindbergh. It was a modest, a natural, a lovable, a well-prepared man whom Europe honored laet week, while the U. S. swelled with pride and prepared a homecoming. Unquestionably, Captain Lindbergh is a more stimulating hero than Admiral Dewey ever was. He conquered alone-with only his monoplane; he had no Gridley, no escorting fleet...
...Paris. President Gaston Dou-mergue pinned the cross of the Legion of Honor upon Captain Lindbergh, on the day of the modest remark: "It is much easier to fly from America to Europe than to fly from Europe to America...