Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Neat But Not Gaudy. The whitetails send their sons to Harvard and Oxford, fly off on regular visits to Paris and New York. Their suburban Panama City homes may be relatively modest by U.S. millionaire standards, but they have vacation retreats in the mountains and cruise the Gulf of Panama aboard their private yachts. Yet in the strict sense, they are not oligarchs. They are less formal than the dynastic families of Peru and Colombia, probably not as rich, certainly not as snobbish...
...broad daylight, and one billowy-sleeved, pleated-skirt afternoon number called the "Tom Jones" was so generously scooped that a single false step-and zut! alors! "We think women are glad to have such decolletage," said a Dior spokesman. But as soon as the show was over, the suddenly-modest models buttoned up quick as a blink before rushing out to bestow the usual congratulatory kisses on their mentor...
Banks & Bunkers. The Bahamas are getting more than guidance from abroad-though not so much from Mother Britain. Long a tax haven for investors (no income tax, only a modest property tax), the Bahamas are pulling in new capital so fast that some call the islands "the Switzerland of the Western Hemisphere." One of the biggest law offices in Nassau 'is literally speckled with shingles identifying the "registered offices" of U.S. corporations basking in the balmy tax climate; so many wealthy Americans and Canadians are transferring funds south that Nassau boasts no fewer than 15 banks. "When we arrived...
...four-year colleges. With enrollment (18,000) up 60% since 1950, the town has spent $19 million to expand a school plant that now includes one junior college, two high schools, five junior highs and 25 grade schools. Annual spending per pupil is a relatively modest...
This Advocate, then, should rest neatly by bedside or commode, and be consumed in modest chunks over a period of several weeks. As no pat theme lends coherence to the fall issue, nothing will be lost in the way of continuity. And, gourmandizing thus bit by bit, you will be able to winnow the tough from the tender, and wield the red pencil of your mind more boldly than the editors have done. After this belated moulting, the fall Advocate will be more fair than fowl...