But Mrs. Mandelstam had a circle of close friends and in her will she distributed her modest possessions among them.
Those modest possessions of the leader of the nonviolent struggle for India's independence touched off an international tempest as they went on sale at Antiquorum Auctioneers in Manhattan on Thursday.
Recorded in Brooklyn and in the Catskills, it's an album of modest self-possession, from a band known for only one of those qualities.
"And did those feet, in ancient time, walk upon England's mountains green?" He wasn't especially nervous, he says with the modest self-possession of a boy who has sung to a billion people.
The modest family possessions, many depicted in the paintings, were listed on the artist's death and offer many clues to his lifestyle.
I considered each relationship and cataloged my possessions, as modest as they are on a journalist's salary.
Too comfortable, in all likelihood, with our material possessions and modest success to risk any of it by standing up and shouting "Fraud!
And, in a country where 60 per cent of bankruptcies are caused by medical fees, Jerry and June now face a long court battle to keep possession of their modest Santa Monica home.
But even being in possession of these modest attributes puts him in a different league to the weightlifters and bodybuilders who fill out – and I do mean fill out, ha ha! – the rest of the gladiatorial ensemble.
Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. (R-James City), a longtime foe of legalization, said last fall that "it's absolutely crazy that we continue to lock people up for possession of a modest amount of marijuana". The state crime commission, he said, could study the idea.
