There are several dozen colonial houses to choose from, ranging from modest to lavish.
But a modest transformation of the way you look at your enterprise or organization offers extraordinary advantages.
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That's modest, however, compared with another Claws on Wheels customer, who recently entertained 200 friends on the beach.
Even that is seen as a modest sum compared to some of the world's major universities.
Insiders are entitled to sell modest doses of company stock to pay for their vacation islands.
More modest home valuations would not have allowed consumers to cash out phony real estate wealth.
It bothers me that more and more traders are people with modest incomes and small stakes.
But the balance of our very modest IRA was too high to have any consideration.
There, Facebook is growing its user base at a relatively modest 16% each year.
Budgeting for unanticipated expenses, she rents a cute but modest apartment in a middle-class neighborhood.
The Mission Systems and Training segment also saw decreased sales, shrinking a modest 0.4%.
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The global economy will remain on a modest and uneven path for some time to come.
They said they favored deregulation and privatization and even proposed a modest tax cut.
Your employer is giving modest raises again after a recession-era 5-year freeze on salaries.
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It's getting a modest 400-screen release and virtually no marketing push, so go soon.
Despite a relatively modest cost, however, no money has yet been forthcoming to fund the experiment.
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Jude supplied reports, I found only a modest increase in lead-related deaths, from 5 to 7.
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The only thing government had to do in turn was keep itself modest in size.
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And I think people were attracted to more modest things that weren't so splashy.
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Her government did recently pass a law allowing business to lease modest plots of public land.
My recollection is that I managed to survive the Four Questions, perhaps even garnering modest applause.
What you'll get instead is a modest little love story, played with fierce sincerity.
The grim reaper this time has emerged in the otherwise modest trappings of tranquil vegetables.
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Though the weather-worn rockface is still peppered with ancient dwellings and sepulchres, many are more modest.
The precious metals markets were under modest selling pressure prior to the FOMC statement.
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It even provides a modest 1.50% dividend yield, while its two leading rivals pay zilch.
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Despite modest sales in the U.S. the Lurtons are directing most of their attention there.
It means you can invest like JP Morgan Chase, if only in a more modest way.
In such circumstances, economics suggests two possible remedies: either a devaluation, or a modest fiscal stimulus.
The stock yields 4.6% and has a price-to-book ratio of 1.7, modest relative to rivals.
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