Although the amount of funds devoted to military development during the period from World War I to World War II was relatively small, the modest expenditures served to establish a bond between industry, science, and the armed forces of the major nations.
Why postpone relaxation (over a drink or in any other manner) for happy hour or the weekend, when a modest serving of alcohol midday would be more healthful and soothing?
It's vegan except for a modest serving of fish on Saturday nights.
Across the length and breadth of the Soviet Union, this seemingly modest performance served quite well.
We made our way to the cypress-framed two-room Yucca House, a French-Creole cottage that, despite its modest proportions, served as the original family home.
Although these modest occupations served to fill his time and to insulate him from his family, they aggravated his despondency over what appeared to be the end of his political ambitions.
In the dressing room, an abundance of mirrors and electric lights is essential: "Know the worst before you go out!" De Wolfe's relatively modest background served her well in her concessions to The Delineator's audience, which range from suggestions for do-it-yourself painting projects to an entire chapter on the particular problems of apartment living.
The modest delicacies served in paintings by Kai Althoff suggest that a new type of man, imperfect and proud, has emerged in art in the last few decades, though not without resistance, as Ken Okiishi's astute video on one questing man illustrates.
And Cabrera, a U.S. Open winner who hails from modest means, served up South America's first Masters and redeemed the fraught memory of Roberto De Vicenzo, an Argentine who would have won in 1968 were it not for a botched scorecard.
Accounting irregularities, however modest, often serve as early warning signs of much deeper problems.
