I lived through the technology bubble, and a modest but sure thing looks pretty good right now.
Yamasaki, a modest man, was sure it was a typo.
After a modest career, not sure what direction he wanted to take, Petkovic worked for Caritas, a Catholic relief, development and social service organisation.
It is a modest number, to be sure, but Mr. Magliocca is not complaining.
That's a modest figure, to be sure, but it was the third positive figure in a row.
Mostly Colby presented himself as Galahad in a fallen world, a modest knight to be sure, but bent on finding the grail amid sin and corruption.
That is a modest difference, to be sure, but it is getting late enough in the campaign — and the election is so close — that these modest differences can potentially matter when averaged across a number of surveys.
As for Ms. Patterson, she set a modest goal to make sure the V-Luxe was financed, and decided on a $500 sale price because it was roughly equivalent to the price of the least expensive iPad.
It is a "modest spread," to be sure, but as Ryan says, it's all risk-free profit.
Casually profane and more than a little modest, he sure as hell isn't some self-proclaimed techno shaman or smarmy Wiccan crystal shop owner.
