He grew up Catholic in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood, and remains one of the few black designers of modest origin in his industry.
547 October 5, 610 Phocas, (born 547 died Oct. 5, 610), centurion of modest origin, probably from Thrace, who became the late Roman, or Byzantine, emperor in 602.
GAZA — From far away, this is how it looks: There is a country out there where tens of millions of white Christians, voting freely, select as their leader a black man of modest origin, the son of a Muslim.
While many of the bhakti poets were of modest origin, an exception was Mīrā Bāī, a princess of Jodhpur, who wrote her famous lyrics both in Hindi and Gujarati; the quality of her poetry, still very popular, is not as high, however, as that of Sūrdās.
From their modest origin at the Late Triassic with only a few species represented in Europe, the teleosts underwent a very important radiation during the Jurassic, reaching a cosmopolitan distribution by the end of this period.
Health is not a serious concern in this population mainly composed of teenagers, mostly from families of modest origin, not keen to contribute to health studies, according to our experience.
The Armstrong story has modest origins.
The festival has very modest origins.
Like the president, Mr. Dirceu can lay claim to an unfashionable backwoods accent and modest origins.
A man of modest origins, Irwin retired in 1980 as V.P. of The International Division of Chase Manhattan Bank in N.Y.
From modest origins, William built houses for rent, while raising three sons and growing vegetables.
