The Bible has the last word and the clock stipulates a life of domestic continuity.Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, a modest citizen of Cleves, father of five daughters, was a master at portraying the contrast between humble humanity and the greatness of creation.
Yes, these protests were relatively modest (175,000 citizens) compared to the ones in March (1 million) and April (650,000); plus there were over 70,000 citizens protesting for government on Aug 20.
In these markets, buying power is smaller in absolute terms because of lower currency values, cost of living, and more modest incomes of citizens.
For example, classical liberals endorsed regimes that would make relatively modest demands on citizens, both because they were skeptical that people could rise to higher demands and because they wanted to safeguard individual liberty against the state.
In the op-ed pages, citizens offered modest proposals for what to do with these structures.
At the local level these parties, which reformers often criticized as "machines," connected even citizens of modest means and limited education with neighborhood institutions and gave them a sense of participation in national politics as well.
But far from being a "fatal flaw," the point of Social Security is to serve as a modest safety net for citizens who, for reasons in and out of their control, would otherwise be poor after retirement.
The film, written by Matt Greenhalgh, aspires to be a much more modest British answer to "Citizen Kane," especially in its portrait of a mogul as failed star maker.
Other people regard the gig economy as a case for universal basic income: a plan to give every citizen a modest flat annuity from the government, as a replacement for all current welfare and unemployment programs.
He said his plans still included a modest housing project for senior citizens and a world-class spa.
Economists and political scientists may debate who, in fact, wins the outdoor courtroom's debates, but Sissako's depiction of the gap between bureaucratic decision-making and local experience poignantly lifts unheralded citizens and their modest concerns to the big historical stage.
