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...budget of an organization that has yet to prove itself as entirely efficient or in tune with students’ wishes. Luckily, the bill’s opponents convinced the council to temper its impulsive ambitions; they subsequently revised the proposal to a more modest—though not modest enough—$40 increase, and decided to put the proposal up for a vote...
...amazed at how many things he has done over the course of his career,” Shapiro says. “But he has always been very modest and understated...
...Float On" MODEST MOUSE...
When it was time to march to the gate, Smarty, a deep liver chestnut standing at a modest 15 hands 3 in., was dwarfed by some of the big battleship horses he would be racing against. But starting from the six spot in a 10-horse field, jockey Stewart Elliott, 39, ran a smart race that belied the horse's size...
...clubs in Poland and owns a sportswear line, appropriately branded Walker. He coaches his sister Silwia. He's joined tennis' Williams sisters as a face of the McDonald's Go Active! fitness campaign. "I'm promoting walking," Korzeniowski says, "not their food." But his main post-Athens goal is modest. His career has allowed him just two months a year at home in Krakow. "I dream about weekends at home," he says, especially since he and his wife will welcome a new daughter, to be named Rozalia, next month. (Their first, Angelica, is 12.) "I want to be with...