Word: modeste
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Paige's gift for crafting disparate ideas into a coherent and popular agenda will be sorely tested in Washington. And so will his legendary frugality: despite earning the highest salary of any U.S. school superintendent ($275,000 a year), Paige has lived in the same modest three-bedroom home for the past 30 years. He is divorced and has a son, Rod Jr., 41. Paige's biggest indulgence may be his wardrobe--Italian suits and ostrich-skin cowboy boots...
...Chicks showing off creditable playing skills in their duet with Skaggs on "Walk Softly," which has been nominated for a Grammy. And those who associate Travis Tritt and Charlie Daniels with more heavy-handed material may see them in a different light after hearing their contributions, especially Tritt's modest but nifty banjo playing on "My Little Georgia Rose." It's refreshing to see these Nashville creations show off something that resonates beyond TNN, and one wonders whether many of their pop counterparts would have any such reserves of experience from which to draw...
...Core, the modest goal of offering 12 courses per year in each Core area, set by the Faculty in 1997, has not yet been met. Increasing the number--and especially the diversity--of courses offered in each Core area must be a top academic priority for the council, and we must urge the Faculty to maintain it as a top priority as well. In addition, we must work to eliminate bureaucratic barriers to students' receiving Core exemptions for equivalent work in non-Core courses. We have to pay special attention to the way Core and concentration requirements affect transfer students...
...clerk in Simi Valley, Calif., is just as committed to her children as Bengtson. Divorced, she offers a home and more to Jennifer, 22, and Tony, 24, because, she feels, "they are all I ever had. My dream was to keep the family together." Although Beltran's salary is modest and she has only managed to save $15,000 for her retirement, she admits that "it's hard for me to let go," i.e., stop giving...
...crowd to "think how lonely it must have been," he was answered, according to my notes, with a "huge, weird cheer." I think I'm a fine enough person - why, the very next morning I was having people over for waffles. But I hope I'm not being falsely modest by pointing out that I'm no Harriet Tubman. And I'm certainly no Rosa Parks. As far as I'm concerned, about the only person in recent memory who has an unimpeachable right to compare himself to Parks is that Chinese student who stared down those tanks at Tiananmen...