Word: modeste
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Then, to qualify for the tax break, aspiring holy men-or women-must take a vow of poverty, conduct almost any kind of religious services, turn over their income to their church, and meet the IRS's paperwork requirements. In return, the church can grant them a modest, tax-free living allowance (IRS might pass $8,000) and provide a "parsonage," including upkeep costs (in all, perhaps another...
When an outsider moves to take control of a long-established local business, the process can be about as amicable as a custody fight in family court. Right now, two modest-sized U.S. banks, one in San Jose, Calif., the other in Pontiac, Mich., each with assets in the $300 million range, are embroiled in takeover proceedings that are even more acrimonious than usual. The reason: in both cases, the would-be investors are Arab nationals-the forerunners, as some impassioned local citizens see them, of a full-scale economic invasion by Middle East oil sheiks...
...hard as most industrial nations and have, as Chou boasts, enjoyed "stable prices." Two years ago, Peking began to purchase whole industrial plants from Japan and Western Europe, mostly to produce badly needed fertilizer. As the buying spree went on into 1973, the Chinese ended up with a modest trade deficit of $80 million. Swallowing a longstanding aversion to taking credit, Peking had to accept what were euphemistically called "deferred payments" to finance the purchases. Now the foreign trade deficit has leaped forward to an estimated $750 million for 1974; this has forced the Chinese to postpone the receipt...
...appearance on the Cher TV special. Wearing a satin-lapelled dressing gown and high-heeled clunkers, John plays a senile rock-'n'-roller incarcerated in a rest home along with an equally decayed Bette Midler and Flip Wilson. John's eyeglasses, a particular fetish, are surprisingly modest. Of his 100 pairs, he has chosen tinted aviators, rather than the giant shades even larger than himself that he once staggered onstage with, or the sporty diamanté numbers with pin wheels sparkling at the corners that he liked to show off before doing a handstand on the keyboard...
...large enough - 445 reporters, stringers and editors - to pro vide the most comprehensive coverage of any South American paper. Despite a dull format, the paper is required reading for Brazil's professional classes. Such prestige brings in more advertising than O Estado can use. Though circulation is modest (198,000 daily, 300,000 Sunday), earnings this year may total $5.4 million...