Word: modestic
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...were to characterize Dr. Murray, I wouldsay he is a man of great vision, that he is adedicated scientist, he is a brilliant teacher, henever gives up and he is a very modest, humble andunselfish man," says Hendren...
...Murray] is a very modest, humble and unselfish man," says W. Hardy Hendren III, chief of surgery at Harvard's Children's Hospital and Gross professor of pediatric surgery. "He is always quick to praise the work of others around him while diverting the limelight away from himself...
...Thomas Ballantine, Jr., clinical professor of surgery emeritus, says of Murray, "He's an extremely approachable; very kind, modest, wonderful person, he's a good man. Every time I think of him, he is smiling...
...invective flew, the negotiators continued to meet far into the night in House Speaker Tom Foley's conference room. The "Gang of Eight," three from the Administration and five from the Hill, inched forward by discussing a compromise that would include a modest variation on the capital- gains scheme: instead of a cut in the rates, the value of assets sold would be indexed so that profits resulting from inflation would be exempt from taxation...
...recent years foreign assistance has equaled less than 5% of our defense outlays. It is unbelievable -- and unacceptable -- that the richest and most productive country in the world, which we still are, cannot find the relatively modest means to exert international leadership while simultaneously improving its own society...