The signing drew only modest press coverage, probably a good thing for the team and an instance of pro soccer's still-under-the-radar status in the U.S. being of benefit to the league.
The threat of pickets was not lifted until Friday, when NBC, which typically broadcasts the event, agreed that this year's modest press conference announcing the winners could be open to other television outlets.
Well, first, I can just imagine the reaction of Michael Ellam, Gordon Brown's softly spoken and modest press secretary, to live lobby briefings, and the suggestion that he or any other civil service spokesman or woman wouldn't have to change their style if they were live on TV.
It suffers in comparison with a modest, neatly pressed cake of bacalao in tomato sauce on white rice, with a cheery fried egg on top.
But in the middle of this circus is a modest and press-shy company called Peer39.
Just outside the Capitol on Wednesday, the National Farmers Union and the American Farm Bureau Federation held a modest rally to press for the approval of a bill, and lawmakers appealed to them with folksy talk about tractors.
The most hopeful view of some party thinkers is that long-discussed proposals to allow a modest increase in press freedom, improve public oversight of officials and promote more democracy inside the ruling party will gain new strength.
In true geek family fashion, they jointly run a wordplay game at oneupme.com, which has received a modest amount of press coverage.
Despite the natural glory of the game-winning catch, Streets remained a modest footnote in the press and humble with his friends.
Though often dangling on a shoestring, Peterloo was firmly established as an indispensable poetry imprint and, alongside the press, ran a modest international festival and a national competition that attracted many entries.
As a result, we have support and participation from the likes of Planned Parenthood, the National Council of Women's Organizations, NOW, and CODEPINK, an inspiring line up of speakers and performers, a modest purse, and a lone press contact at The New Republic.
