Word: modeste
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Head. Although he has become a favorite of New York sportswriters and fans, who are showering him with years of pent-up adulation, Jones has remained modest and unassuming. "I think he has handled all the attention like a real big leaguer," says Mets Manager Gil Hodges. But there is one thing that goes to Jones' head: the barrage of pitches from National League hurlers, who are employing the traditional retaliatory weapon against a hot hitter. Cleon is not intimidated. He sprawls in the dirt, dusts himself off, clutches his bat and plants his feet solidly again-while delirious...
...Germany, Britain and France are trading with the mainland. The Chinese regard the mere existence of the embargo as a hostile act; its removal could be interpreted as a conciliatory gesture. In view of China's limited industrial capabilities and shortage of foreign exchange, such trade would be modest in any case-perhaps up to $10 million a year initially, rising to possibly $100 million after five years...
LIKE Richard Nixon, Judge Warren Earl Burger has made his way to eminence from modest but upright beginnings. He voraciously read the Horatio Alger stories as a boy growing up in Minnesota. He also acted out the plots. While in high school he scrambled out of bed daily at 4 in the morning to deliver newspapers, and he both edited the school newspaper and served as student council president. After that he worked days in an insurance office while attending, at night, the University of Minnesota and then the St. Paul College of Law, from which he graduated magna...
Proposals for Chicago's badly needed third jetport include a floating airport constructed of aluminum modules and reached by helibus and Hovercraft. Architect Stanley Tigerman estimates it would cost a relatively modest $500 million. Closer to approval, however, is a $1 billion dike-protected jetport 35 ft. to 55 ft. below the water level of Lake Michigan and connected to the Loop by six miles of causeway, tunnel and bridge. Says Chicago's Aviation Commissioner William Downes Jr.: "The main objection comes from the save-our-lakefront fraternity who don't realize that an airport six miles...
...regarding their academic performance right up through college and even graduate or professional school. Expectation and performance decline only at the point at which women enter the world of jobs and/or professions. There they are not expected to do as well as men and are often lauded for relatively modest levels of performance...