Word: modeste
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...adviser, "but he's not a real political adviser, not a Karl Rove. Someone who always counsels generic prudence is useful, but it's incomplete." And former President of the Republic Francesco Cossiga wonders just how much advice the boss hears. "For someone like Berlusconi, who comes from a modest background and has had that kind of success, it's hard not to think he's always right." Whatever detractors say, Letta's boss seems convinced of his talents. At last month's press conference, Berlusconi mentioned "Dottor Letta" five times (without singling out any other Cabinet Minister), and said...
...wonder what's going on. After all, most of us assume that any drugs sold over the counter--that is to say, without a doctor's prescription--must be pretty darn safe. And in general they are, when taken as directed--usually for just a few days--or in modest doses...
...chemicals that could have been used to produce a metric ton of crystal methamphetamine; Operation Auxin identified more than 700 Australians suspected of using child pornography online; a joint center for police cooperation was established in Jakarta, and a terrorist plot to disrupt its opening was thwarted. But the modest and diplomatic Keelty deflects praise from himself to those he says most deserve it: frontline officers, their families, and colleagues in other agencies. "Nothing the A.F.P. achieves is done by us alone," he says. "Our role is only as good as our ability to work with other people." As Australian...
...retirees to be left out hung to dry in the case of prolonged bear markets. Retiring after a stock market crash under the privatized system could leave our elderly barely scraping by. Even schemes of partial-privatization forces Americas elderly to play dice with its retirement by lowering modest guaranteed income levels...
...Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, at a Soviet machinery plant at age 16. She married into the political dynasty in 1935. As First Lady from 1978 to 1988, Chiang avoided the public spotlight and lacked the glamour of her predecessor, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, but won respect for her modest lifestyle and dedication to her four children. Recalled Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, "She had the values of a traditional Chinese woman...