Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clearly Fisher is good at what he does. But ask him the secret of his success, and he remains modest...
...latest trade statistics, which show a dramatic jump in Japan's overall trade surplus, up 84% to $78.23 billion for 1991. But while the numbers gave some Americans a ready excuse to decry Tokyo's trade practices, in fact Japan's surplus with the U.S. alone increased by a modest 1%, to $38.45 billion. Since 1987, the U.S.-Japanese trade gap has actually narrowed by nearly $14 billion...
Many students attending the class--even some ofthe privileged VES and Afro-Am concentrators withchoice floor seats--said they were glad the firstlecture had been moved from modest-sized Emerson210...
...known proponent of modest living, drove the VW to work every day for 20 years although a University limousine was available for his use. The car was a gift to Bok from his mother...
During the 1950s, BOBBY DARIN was a teen idol who wrote and sang some classic rockers (Splish Splash, Dream Lover), then decided to turn himself into Sinatra. No one ever said Darin was modest. That brashness, in fact, was part of his whole charming, overreaching package, which is welcomely represented on two Atlantic CDs called The Best of Bobby Darin (Splish Splash and Mack the Knife). Mack, of course, became Darin's signature song, making him equally at home in supper clubs and on American Bandstand. He went to Hollywood, made movies, played Vegas and laid down some exceptional, swinging...