Word: modestic
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...Melrose Place does have something that sets it apart from most of the failed prime-time soap operas of recent years: modest goals. The show does not set out to capture a historical era (Homefront) or reproduce the glitzy New York high life (Tattinger's) or create a parable about going home again (Angel Falls). The characters on Melrose Place have a bland, modern universality. Indeed, watching the show again for the first time since its debut, one is struck by how the personnel have blended together. There was once a black neighbor (Vanessa Williams); she has moved away. Michael...
...administrative staff successfullyestablished an administrative fellowship program,"Hoyte said. "And while the increases in thenumbers of underrepresented administrative staffwere modest, we have to remember that this ishappening while the University is in a period ofcost-containment...
...Undergraduate Council has, I think, been successful in making modest calendar reform," she said...
...them, especially Watson, could have stolen the spotlight. But no one did. It is a tribute to Williams' command as a subtle leader among team players that this chemistry worked. The musicians knew it. The audience knew it. And Williams knew it, even if he was too modest to admit...
When talking with an athlete away from her competitive setting, it is easy to remain undaunted by her accomplishments and thus feel comfortable in her presence. Especially when the athlete is as personable, tolerant, and modest as Jordanna Fraiberg...