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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...
...three decades. The cutback in spending led to plant closures. Industrial output fell 0.2% last month, and shrank by 1.9% in 1991, the first yearly decline since the 1981-82 recession. One piece of good news did emerge. The weak economy managed to contain inflation. Consumer prices rose a modest 3.1% in 1991, the lowest in five years...
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...
...worries that the army might not fully support the cease-fire. As the U.N. dispatched observers over the weekend to monitor the fragile peace, the truce appeared to be holding. Said a European diplomat in Zagreb: "Every quiet day is a great gift; we've all learned to be modest in our hopes...