"Wealthy bohemians liked the carriage houses because they were modest in scale," Ms. Broderick said, noting that most of them are big enough to accommodate just one room on each floor.
As a couple and individually, these two are winsome because they're modest.
And it's not because they're modest or they don't want to make you feel bad.
They were modest successes, because their rivals had a technological head start that was accelerated by sales volume which enabled continual research and development.
But also because they are cultural icons whose modest physical challenges are mitigated by their esthetic pedigrees.
Not just because they are often brilliant but modest as I heard in my interviews with them, but also because the NHS has invested considerably in their careers.
(He eventually gave up).Courts do not go easy on defendants just because they are art scholars of modest means, says Ronald Spencer, an art lawyer and author of a book about art forgery, "The Expert and the Object".
The extension allows the unemployed, who include many over 50 who cannot get new insurance because they are older or have modest pre-existing conditions like high cholesterol, to continue their group coverage.
Mary L. Kukowski West Conshohocken, Pa., Oct. 19, 2010 To the Editor: David Brooks writes that independent expenditures in campaigns are not very important because they're a modest percentage of all spending and favored candidates can lose.
BOND mutual funds have not always been investor favorites, perhaps because they are complex and tend to generate modest if steady returns.
