Word: modeste
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...country grew wealthy and powerful, a good number of Americans became dissatisfied with the modest lines of the White House. There were proposals, which seemed to grow dramatically with the years, for grand palace-like structures to house the President, his staff and family. The discussions grew quite serious in 1889, during the Administration of Benjamin Harrison. His wife Caroline adored her position as First Lady but wanted more living space. Mercifully, all the grandiose dreams died in the face of costs and a growing sense that the country was deeply fond of George Washington's original creation. Theodore Roosevelt...
...dream job," detailing motorcycles for Harley-Davidson, when Ella learned of her cancer. He realized he was about to lose his mother, and everything changed. He quit the new job, left the Army Reserves, postponed a pending marriage and set out to provide 24-hour care at Ella's modest home in Artesia, Calif. "This is my last chance to spend time with her," he explains. "It's not easy, but I could never throw her into a nursing home. Never." Janice Calabrese, a hospice nurse who visits twice weekly, says the stress wears on James, but nonetheless...
...happens, I've always taken great pride in keeping my checkbook reconciled with my bank statement. I must have once heard my father refer to someone who was so financially inept that he "couldn't keep his checkbook balanced," and I've endeavored not to fall beneath even that modest standard. But this requires working on the outer edges of my financial and mathematical competence, and it would take less than the destruction of a few checks to throw everything out of kilter...
...Modest though she is, Weed isn't kidding when it comes to her classmates. Before they ever even donned a Harvard uniform, the Crimson's eight members of the Class of 2003 were ranked the seventh-best recruiting class in the nation by Soccer Buzz magazine. It marked the first time in the history of the program that a group of entering Harvard freshmen had been recognized in such way, and was cause enough to make them each anxious about their place among such a constellation of stars...
...maddeningly modest about it too. A few months ago, he was in a waiting room at a television station with Shane Gould, Australia's princess of the pool in Munich, 1972. She was showing him her Olympic medals and, noting his gaze, told him, "You'll have a bunch of your own soon." Thorpe replied, "I'd be happy with...