Word: modeste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the announcement of liberal price cuts by the majority of automobile manufacturers, there arises the rather pertinent question as to just how much truth there is in the generosity which they all modestly flaunt before the dear public. Some manufacturers frankly admit that they are selling below cost at the new prices; others are more modest...
...campaigns for endowment funds for American colleges, and they have latterly been both numerous and ambitious, none, we may suppose, makes a more sentimental appeal than that instituted by the alumni of the College of William and Mary. And a modest enough plea for financial aid it is by comparison with the missions sought for other colleges--only $1,440,000 with which to raise the salaries of its teaching staff to an equality with industrial incomes; to establish a new professorship and make necessary additions to the college buildings...
...angels" before the moving van backs up to the White House door on March fourth next. It everyone realized that henceforth the spotlight was going to shine relentlessly on the actors in every Presidential drama, in all probability both the contributions and expenses would in the future be more modest, and the menace of "money in politics" be averted...
...team organized as an experiment by the Department of Physical Education this winter. The interest not only in the Freshman basketball, but also in the interclass series has been so great that the management feels justified in asking that basketball be a University sport next year and that a modest schedule be arranged...