Word: modeste
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...serve God or humanity more effectively in the then celebrated "secular city." There are fewer new priests to replace those who left. Seminary enrollment, at a high of nearly 49,000 in 1964, fell to a low of 17,200 in 1975. Only this year has there been a modest upturn-an increase of some 800-indicating that the trend may have bottomed...
...Xerox, 63 v. 16. At one point in 1968, IBM was selling at $701.50 a share, or 161 times earnings, giving its stock a market value equal to all the shares in all the oil companies in the U.S. Now, at $256 a share, IBM is priced at a modest 18 times profits...
Generally the institutions are putting their money into the stocks of "smokestack America"-basic-industry companies that have good dividend records and modest P/Es...
...million loss -and deeded back to the lender the North Carolina tract where he planned to build the Nantahala/Heritage Park. He has also shelved plans for several smaller resorts where "almost any member of the middle class" could enjoy a few days of outdoor recreation for a modest price. "Making a profit is listed in the corporate objectives as No. 4," says Sea Pines President James W. Light, 32. Rated more Important: achieving high standards of ecological and community planning, creating environments for the "rejuvenation and recreation" of "creative and responsible" people and helping Sea Pines employees to find "personal...
...successes at first, switched tactics. A day after his triple wins, he held a post-midnight meeting with his campaign advisers in a hotel room at Shreveport, La. Explained one of the group: "Reagan decided it was time to start sounding like a winner. We don't want our modest public expectations to get in the way of what's happening." At planeside in Shreveport the next morning, Reagan for the first time predicted that he may well have "enough delegates to win on the first ballot...