It has nothing to do with modesty.
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Zoe Saldana looked beautiful in a Givenchy dress that played with the ideas modesty and seductiveness with its high neckline and long-sleeved top and its skirt with a high slit and sheer panel.
Told with remarkable modesty and vulnerability, this account is one of the earliest conversion stories in Christianity.
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Although Davis grew up amid money and celebrity, he impressed people with his modesty and his idealism.
"I am happy to be helping what is already a strong relationship become even stronger, " says Zoobin with characteristic modesty.
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With arresting modesty, Mr King admits that the Bank does not know how far unemployment can fall without setting off inflation.
It is about the fulfilment of ambition, but with a modesty and charm that feel especially good in an age of bankerly excess.
"Brahms is difficult to understand and to play, " Mr. Bronfman, age 54, said with characteristic modesty last month, the morning after performing the Third Sonata and other works at a private event in this affluent beach community.
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On joining the euro, the central-bank governor promised (with disarming modesty) that the position of Portugal inside the single currency would be like Mississippi's in the United States: imbalances that led to an IMF bail-out in 1977 and again in 1983 would be a thing of the past.
There is nothing wrong with self-confidence - when it is coupled with restraint, modesty and willingness to accept guidance from those with more experience even if you don't feel you need it.
Venter's Great Man act might frustrate those who like their science with a dose of modesty or circumspection.
In turn, he has spun that into his own personal brand with a big dose of modesty.
There is something terrifically old-fashioned about Stefano Bemer--the by-the-bootstraps career path, the cool dedication, the modesty that comes with mastery.
White, which explores how modesty and honesty can be reconciled, especially for someone with superpowers.
Versace's obsession with celebrity further alienated him from the religious right, which idealises the steady modesty and anonymity of ordinary Americans.
In deference to the modesty of his wife-to-be, Hunter was sparing with the detail but confirmed that it differed from Plan B only in name.
The Banjara Hills Police charged Mr Ashraf with offences including trespass, criminal intimidation and uttering words or making gestures outraging the modesty of a woman.
So it's no surprise to learn that the men may be posthumous portraits, made as symbols as much as truthful likenesses, or that the women, with their elaborate hairstyles, opulent jewelry and piquant profiles, are better interpreted as idealized embodiments of modesty and chastity than as accurate records of particular people.
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Rather than a classical design in line with the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials, Gehry proposed a progressive design that he said would seize on Eisenhower's modesty.
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Shortly after launching the Giving Pledge, Gates and Buffett held group dinners with moguls in countries like China, India and Saudi Arabia, and faced cultural hurdles that ranged from civic modesty to perpetuating family dynasties.
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Adults often looked away, whether from modesty or a desire for concealment, while some, like the collector, held his gaze challengingly, with a false honesty, as if to say, Yes, of course my eyes are concealing things, but you lack the discernment to realize it.
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