The work is art and, also, in its sumptuously and modestly passing way, something other and better than art.
At the turreted and fortified Château de la Rochepot, high on its forested hill overlooking the idyllic landscape, Anne-Laurence modestly passes us on to the in-castle guide, although she herself was once a guide here.
Moviegoers have had their hands full lately trying to unravel the threads of "Pulp Fiction," Quentin Tarantino's groovy movie about two hit men, which continues to give grief to the Hollywood executives who passed up the modestly budgeted project early on.
"I knew I wasn't that type of quarterback," said Hall, a modestly talented passer who becomes more dangerous when he scrambles.
The New York Legislature passed a bill today modestly extending wiretapping rules in cases of suspected terrorists.
Despite the vast sums of money that passed through his foundation, Edhi lived modestly with his family in a two-room apartment adjacent to the headquarters of his foundation.
These suburbs started modestly with small homes and slender public investments, and they passed these humble trappings down through time.
Scientists who contributed to the report described an Arctic that may already have passed a key threshold into a new state, in which even modestly warm years have major impacts.
Congress declared a truce and passed a budget agreement that for the first time loosens the fiscal vise, albeit modestly, and foreign economies showed signs of momentum.
The business was going along modestly until 2005, when Mr. Ross gave a bottle of the chardonnay to his golf pro who passed it on to his next client, an influential wine critic.
