Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...community spirit of the event was nearly overwhelmed by the preponderance of local government representatives, around whom hovered a modest swarm of TV news cameras...
Mead described Logan as "soft-spoken," saying that he was modest and reserved about winning...
Being the child of the famous has always been especially hard, in part because of the danger that the child cannot live up to the parent's public success (no matter how awful the parent might have been in private). And only modest success seems a dramatic falling off: the Sean Lennon, Gary Crosby, Nancy Sinatra syndrome. But Prince William's future seems assured; he can hardly fail to surpass his father...
...market (see story page 60) generating buyers, the price went into another orbit. Some 11 million shares were offered at $18 each, topped $26 (you and Arnold Schwarzenegger--co-owners!), and held firm in a shaky market. That values the company at almost $2.8 billion--91 times its very modest 1995 earnings. Planet Hollywood, with 33 outlets and $400 million projected in sales this year, boasts a stock-market capitalization second only to McDonald's. Consider that McDonald's, which earned $1.4 billion on $9.79 billion in sales last year, sells at 22 times earnings...
...figure who never found the sunny and confident love she sang so beautifully about [APPRECIATION, June 24]. Her voice spoke of human understanding and sympathy. Her interpretation of sad-sweet lyrics was so precise it seemed almost incredible that such a succulent sound could come from a modest, dumpy woman. She shunned the spotlight, and unlike many of her musical contemporaries, never made the headlines with extracurricular antics. She rarely made the rounds of talk shows to project a personality, but let her singing speak for her. Her black voice gave depth and beauty to white lyrics at a time...