Word: modeste
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...privately-held LNM Holdings and the publicly-traded Ispat International - with the U.S.-based International Steel Group (ISG). The deal, which must still gain regulatory approval, would create the world's biggest steel company, Mittal Steel, to be based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and help Mittal pursue his modest goal of making Mittal as synonymous with steel as Ford is with the motor car. The new company could produce up to 10% of the world's steel and, as Mittal predicts, will "dramatically change the landscape of the global steel industry. [It] provides Mittal Steel with a more significant...
Princeton’s defense, which smothered All-Ivy running back Nick Hartigan one week prior, approached Dawson with the same bend-but-don’t-break strategy adopted most recently by Northeastern, and executed it with modest results. Dawson did his fair share of damage in the first half—92 yards on 20 carries—but his longest rush was just 12 yards. Nothing too devastating...
...Iraq. If they did, they would encounter a thin, bearded figure with little interest in the trappings of office. Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani, the revered leader of the nation's 15 million Shi'ites, receives visitors, powerful and meek alike, in a plain, bare room in his modest home down a dusty alley in the holy city of Najaf. He sits on the floor with his back to the wall, dressed always in the same simple robe and turban. (An intimate says he hasn't refreshed his wardrobe in 10 years.) He is modest and respectful, and listens more...
...fans at Tuesday’s show, but just how many and what that means is unclear. This next year is going to be a very significant time in Death Cab’s path, especially with rumors of major label activity that recall the recent mainstream leap of Modest Mouse. Small decisions at this stage can have major impacts. But if Death Cab can stay the way they are musically and maintain their active outlook, they may just be able to transcend the alleged indie/pop divide...
...right; the hormones were ready. One small catch—she wasn’t in love with anyone. And who would marry someone they didn’t love? At the time, adoption agencies were wary of entrusting a child to a self-employed single parent with a modest income. And thus I was born, twenty years ago, by artificial insemination...