Word: modeste
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...look, the movie itself is pretty irrelevant. This is what you do: take someone you love or like a lot out to dinner on a Friday or Saturday night. Have a modest meal--some medium-priced seafood, perhaps (lobster is okay if you can afford it)--and a carafe of Chablis. Don't overdo it: you should emerge a wee bit sloshed and pleasurably filled. Skip dessert (that's the movie). Then go see Revenge of the Pink Panther. Make sure the movie theater is filled (there's nothing more depressing than watching a Panther movie in an empty theater...
...keep this fall's congressional elections from being interpreted as a Republican defeat, G.O.P. National Chairman William Brock is going to great lengths to point out his party's modest expectations. Republicans, he says, are concentrating their money and energy on local races, where they forecast a net gain of six governorships and 250 seats in the state legislatures. He adds: "What we're trying to do is restore our party's base so we can go into 1980 with lots of enthusiasm and momentum. "In other words: wait till next time...
...market and the gambling casino. Fortunes have changed hands at paperback auctions and reprint sales; unknowns have become overnight celebrities because of a paperback success. Authors like John Jakes (The Bastard), institutions like the Agatha Christie estate, romancers like Rosemary Rogers and Victoria Holt owe their millions to the modest little 7-in. by 4-in. volumes that decorate racks at drugstores, airports, supermarkets and book emporiums. No wonder that Mario Puzo's latest effort excited such frantic bidding. With paperback rights, the successful bidder would be able to saturate those ubiquitous wire racks?if Puzo's track record...
...will and testament, handwritten in 1965 and then set aside, to be opened on his death. Last week, as the world's Roman Catholics mourned their Pontiff, Paul's final directive was released. It exemplified both the simplicity and the spirituality of the man. Paul left most of his modest possessions to the Holy See. He also made some requests. Referring to the ecumenical movement he did so much to foster, he urged: "The work of drawing closer to our separated brethren should continue with great understanding, with great patience, and with great love, but without deviating from the true...
...sense of unreality about the place: Is this a real school, and are we really educating boys? Or is it all a halfhearted pretense? There is a certain staginess to the place; the grounds and buildings, donated by a rich and eccentric old lady are too grand for the modest faculty and student body. In addition the donor has imposed some peculiar conditions-evening dress must be worn at supper, for instance-that have never matured to become traditions. Boys and masters repeatedly assure one another that Dorset really is a good school...