Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sitting in the living room of her modest first-floor apartment, pictures of children hanging overhead and on decorating tables, there is nothing that points to Spurr's involvement in Our Lady of the Roses Wiccan Church...
Crossing the Legs: To cross or not to cross. Farrell learned the rule from her Catholic mother: "Modest women, if they must cross their legs at all, cross at their ankles and never at the knees." And if you wear a dress or skirt, "when you try to cross your legs, the dress goes halfway up your...
...think the book does make the case that this was an imperfect or modest victory," he said. "The White House thought the gate was closed, and it wasn't closed. The book presented some useful reflections on that...
...victories are perfect in the hour of triumph, but all victories are flawed," he said. "After an historical perspective, this victory will look modest...
...early returns have been rather modest. In one test involving 200 homes in the Denver area, U S West, AT&T and TCI found that viewers ordered an average of only 2.5 films a month. But that was over a clunky system in which human attendants pulled videotapes from shelves and ran them on VCRs in response to calls placed by customers. When it is completed, the I-way is supposed to deliver thick bundles of electronic wares that could combine true video on demand with local, long-distance and wireless telephone services, which consumers now buy separately...