Word: modeste
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...following Tuesday night, when there are only about 30 people in the place. It all starts innocently enough. We talk about our work, our ages, where we live, all the usual stuff. But soon, he's asking me to "do something sexy." I tease him by uncovering a modest patch of flesh near my shoulder. When I ask him to return the favor, he starts unbuttoning. He never gets further than baring his stomach and a little chest hair before we are both laughing so hard that the striptease stops...
...center of the company's new mobile focus is the KeyCase, a folding cloth keyboard and case that works with Palm Pilots (but not, for now, with other PDAs). The device looks modest, but some road warriors may end up using it in place of a laptop...
...freezin' threesome--a woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), a saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) and a sloth (John Leguizamo)--survives plot challenges of no particular ingenuity. The film breaks anthropological ground by revealing that humans lived in the Ice Age, but its contribution to cartoon history is more modest. It yearns for Pixar-style wit without quite earning...
...radio last summer, Lord persuaded her to relocate to New England and uses her own gigs to showcase Davis’ talent. She takes pride in the fact that Davis, who had never played outside of Michigan when they first met, is now up for a Boston Music Award. (Modest as always, Lord fails to mention her own nomination.) When Lord dragged her 21-year-old discovery on stage for an encore at a recent show, Davis treated the audience to an a cappella rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” She sold...
...weren’t eager to make more than a modest number of appointments [this year],” he said...