Word: modeste
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...parades will march up the Champs-Elysées; no balls will be held at Versailles; there will be nothing to equal the splendor the French lavished within the past year on the visits of Leonid Brezhnev and Queen Elizabeth. Indeed, the only glitter will come from a modest gala in the Elysée Palace's gilt-and-tapestry Salle des Fêtes on Thursday night...
...Union horsemen at the Battle of Trevilian Station, June 11-12, 1864. There has been virtually no building since then, not a single supermarket, not even a gas station. The rich, rolling farm land is still dotted with fine 18th and 19th century houses in a variety of styles: modest Colonial, ample Federal, exuberant Victorian. Indeed, says Frederick Hartt, chairman of the University of Virginia's art department, Green Springs is an "American equivalent" of France's château region or the villa-studded hills outside Florence. So it was here that the Commonwealth of Virginia decided...
...team plane to Houston for the Jets' recent game with the Oilers, and again on the flight back to New York City. "Though the Jets had lost in a big upset, and Namath has a reputation for being difficult," says Clark, "I discovered that he was modest concerning his own achievements, praising of others, and he didn't dodge a question. He was nothing that I expected him to be, having read about him, and everything I expected...
...Passion of Anna the culmination of two decades of cinematic experiment, psychological examination and religious questioning. The only people who don't admire it are certain radical film critics who consider Bergman an "elitist." Sunday, it's back to staidsville, with the weepy Elvira Madigan and the better, if modest. Taste of Honey. (Call 566-0007 for times and further scheduling...
...still emits a sharp democratic zonk, redolent of exotic spices and domestic meats. To most Americans, the hot dog is the equivalent of Proust's madeleine; it triggers memories of afternoons in the bleachers, and languorous Sundays spent lolling on pic nic grounds. At 170 calories, it is modest enough to be included in a dietary lunch; yet the gourmet James Beard has wrapped a recipe around it: choucroute àl'sacienne. (Translation: sauerkraut with local sausage. Beard prefers franks...