Word: modestic
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...Such a modest and self-effacing style has not always been characteristic of a town that is better known for the flash and brassiness of its bosses, with cuff links the size of silver dollars and stogies the length of private yachts. Although few people outside the industry know their names, the three men who have ascended to power at GM, Ford and Chrysler within the past year have been working hard to accomplish what many said Detroit could never do: reinvent itself and profitably build cars that can stand bumper to bumper with the best the Europeans and Japanese...
Instead of closeting himself in his corner 14th-floor suite in Detroit headquarters, Smith spends most of his 12- and 14-hour days in his modest office at GM's technical center in Warren, 15 miles away. His goal is to convert the research center into the core of GM's new-product operations by bringing together such specialists as chassis, brake and electrical engineers to form platform teams for launches...
Yesterday afternoon, he wore a modest charcoalgrey suit and a red knit tie. He sported a three o'clock electric-razor shadow...
...must remain a paradox largely incomprehensible to these liberals that much of the strongest conservative support comes not from the very wealthy but from the working classes. The vast majority of conservatives here at Harvard are from extremely modest, working-class backgrounds. My own academically-employed family is the exception rather than the rule. But true conservatives recognize that there are values whose conservation is more important than the conservation of wealth and principles the universal extension of which is more important than equality of income...
...Marxism is a very coherent ideology," he says, lighting a harsh Populares cigarette in his small, dim living room. "It seemed to have all the answers." He laughs at the idea as he fingers his worn ration book. The modest economic steps the government has taken "won't solve anything," he says. "I think it's more to save the government's face. We're making some changes to look good to the outside world." He explains how each new decree will still leave the state in charge. "They don't want to take these measures, or any measures...