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Word: modestly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to watch a funny, goofy film thatdoes not tax the brain, you will probably enjoyAnalyze This. If you want to be intellectuallyengaged by a mobster flick, rent The Godfather.Robert Duvall has Billy Crystal beat at theconsigliglieri game.Courtesy of Warner BrothersA MODEST PROPOSAL:"No, I won't be asurrogate mother for your triplets!" Lisa Kudrowstruts her stuff for Crystal and De Niro...

Author: By John W. Baxindine, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Analyze This Movie | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...exhibit so evocative and thought-provoking. Divinely Inspiredis more about the seekers, and not so much about what they seek. The collection shows a very human side to this quest for enlightenment and tells the story of the actual morals who contemplate and search for divine truth. A simple, modest sketch of a man bowing in prayer provides a solemn contrast to elaborate paintings of wise teachers in rich robes. Sometimes there is no need for ornamentation. One particularly striking work is a black and white photograph of three ascetics, men who practice strict self-denial as a part...

Author: By Patty Li, | Title: Meditating the Sackler | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...real. The sexual revolution, goes the argument, has been a curse for women. Before girls had the power, their modest ways set the rules of the game: to pursue meant to woo, and to bed meant to wed. Sexual modesty fostered not only a more civil society but also a sexier world. A glimpse of a knee, the graze of a shoulder sent shivers. Delicious! But now women are encouraged to be like men, and what a mess it is. The refined has been replaced by the vulgar, and sex has become just the thing you do on the third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modestly Provocative | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...place names attest to this once bucolic setting: the Yard used to actually be a "yard," Cambridge Common a shared pasture where sheep and cattle were grazed. As Harvard matured, red brick replaced the briars, and asphalt smothered up the asphodels. But in spite of the modernization, a modest ecosystem still survives. It cycles away out of sight, invisible, until a hawk swoops down and jolts us from our reverie...

Author: By Joshua Derman, | Title: A Hawk's Eye View of Harvard | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...first glance, the gray Apple Powerbook doesn't look like a threat. After all, it's small (measuring but a foot across and weighing a modest seven pounds), and it exists to help students...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Hsu, | Title: Click, Clack: A Computer With Enemies | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

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