Word: modeste
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...father of English empiricism, John Locke. Estens' Dreaming is the Enlightenment and the rich earth of the Moree plains - liberty and equality, with a dash of Aussie bush can-do and toil. He started the AES with the idea of providing skilled labor for the cotton industry; that modest venture seemed to lift the town and as the institutions surrounding job placement changed under the Howard government, the innovator started to work the system. As supportive elders held off the "radical and ratbag elements," Estens turned the AES into a crusade. Perhaps a non-indigenous person is the only...
...wake of “Black Friday,” traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year in the United States, stores in Harvard Square expressed modest confidence in their sales this weekend, despite the absence of students over Thanksgiving break. While none witnessed the overnight lines or shopfloor brawls seen elsewhere in the country, many local businesses said yesterday they expected to equal or improve upon their performances last year. And the varying successes of Harvard Square businesses point to trends in consumption and tourism in Cambridge over the holiday weekend, with growth more pronounced...
After years in slow motion, European economies are showing signs of a modest revival: business confidence is buoyant, investment is rising and the Continent's thrifty consumers are even loosening their purse strings a little. But the European Central Bank (ECB) is not cheering. Last week, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet confirmed to the European Parliament that the bank is planning to raise interest rates in the near future to combat what it sees as growing inflationary pressures. The first hike could come as early as this week. Trichet insisted that rate rises will be limited in scope and that...
...world's desperately poor and sick simply by contributing to reputable aid organizations. As the gift-giving season approaches, TIME's report challenges us to make a tradition of contributing life-sustaining resources to those whose suffering knows no holiday. If the merely comfortable of the world pooled their modest gifts, they could make a difference that no individual hero or celebrity can ever achieve. Let us all be heroes. Denise Couling South Lyon, Michigan...
...world's desperately poor and sick simply by contributing to reputable aid organizations. As the gift-giving season approaches, Time's report challenges us to make a tradition of contributing life-sustaining resources to those whose suffering knows no holiday. If the merely comfortable of the world pooled their modest gifts, they could make a difference that no individual hero or celebrity could ever achieve. Let us all be heroes. Denise Couling South Lyon, Michigan, U.S. We have problems recognizing life's heroes because those we find in the corridors of power are only self-important speechmakers. The true heroes...