This was the biggest annual outlay since the Communist program for the under-developed countries made its modest beginning in 1954.

He also said that the salary, in terms of going rates in the field, was `` modest '' in terms of the man's responsibility.

From actions aboard, it is easy to guess that Spencer's boast of twenty staunch followers was a modest estimate ''.

Agrippina the Elder was remembered as a modest and heroic matron, who was the second daughter and fourth child of Julia the Elder and the statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.

Fleming was modest about his part in the development of penicillin, describing his fame as the " Fleming Myth " and he praised Florey and Chain for transforming the laboratory curiosity into a practical drug.

In North America success was more modest.

A 2006 Cochrane Collaboration review of controlled trials of antipsychotics in old age dementia reported that one or two of the drugs showed a modest benefit compared to placebo in managing aggression or psychosis, but that this was combined with a significant increase in serious adverse events.

; AIM-54A: The original model that became operational with the U. S. Navy in about 1974, and it was also exported to Iran in modest numbers before the Iran hostage crisis beginning in 1979.

Pearl was the relative who prodded Jed to move to California, after being told his modest property could yield $ 25 million.

" " He was a very modest man ," Asmus said in conclusion, " and he did not like people to talk about him too much, so with this I shall bring my address to a close.

In the late 1980s, Cambodia's road network was both underutilized and unable to meet even the modest demands placed upon it by an unindustrialized and agriculture society ( see fig.

When Attlee died, his estate was sworn for probate purposes at a value of £ 7, 295, a relatively modest sum for so prominent a figure.

" The request was modest, not so the petitioner ," he remarked.

A year later he took the reins on a solo basis and was rewarded with immediate success ( at least in terms of expectations at the time which, after so long in the wilderness, were somewhat modest ).

Nevertheless, these fighters could only achieve modest increases in top speed due to problems of compressibility created as aircraft and their propellers approached the sound barrier, and it was apparent that propeller-driven aircraft were approaching the limits of their performance.

A modest success, it was followed by Kelly's last musical film for MGM, Les Girls ( 1957 ), in which he partnered a trio of leading ladies, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall and Taina Elg.

Cantor was able to support a family despite modest academic pay, thanks to his inheritance from his father.

Following Aristippus — about whom very little is known — Epicurus believed that the greatest good was to seek modest pleasures in order to attain a state of tranquility and freedom from fear ( ataraxia ) as well as absence of bodily pain ( aponia ) through knowledge of the workings of the world and the limits of our desires.

King Philip I, named by his Kievan mother with a typically Eastern European name, was no more fortunate than his predecessor although the kingdom did enjoy a modest recovery during his extraordinarily long reign ( 1060 – 1108 ).

The film was only a modest success upon its initial release but found greater success, and a cult following, after its video release.

In 1976, over 110 years after the initial construction, the Farm House became a museum after much time and effort was put into restoring the early beauty of the modest farm home.

An amphibious jeep, the model GPA, or " seep " ( Sea Jeep ) was built for Ford in modest numbers but it could not be considered a huge success — it was neither a good off-road vehicle nor a good boat.

It was a box.

The first systematic thinking about this Pandora's box within Pandora's boxes was done four years ago by Fred Ikle, a frail, meek-mannered Swiss-born sociologist.

Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.

The railroads have responded by adding 20,000 more box cars with doors 12' or wider for forklift unloading ( a 21% increase while the total number of box cars was falling 6% ) and by cutting their freight rates twice on lumber shipped in heavily loaded cars.

`` When I was a kid '', Maris told a sportswriter last week, `` I used to follow Williams every day in the box score, just to see whether he got a hit or not ''.

Mike was slow getting into the box this time.

The " new " AppleBus was announced in early 1984, allowing direct connection from the Mac or Lisa through a small box that plugged into the serial port and connected via cables to the next computer upstream and downstream.

However, as the basic hardware was built-in to the Mac, adding nodes cost only about $ 50 for the adaptor box.

A similar solution was the 850 kbit / s DaynaTalk, a separate box which plugged in between the computer and a normal LocalTalk / PhoneNet box, and also offered as a PC expansion card that ran up to 1. 7 Mbit / s.

This unique RF box was also where the power supply connected in a unique dual power / television signal setup similar to the RCA Studio II's.

A single cable coming out of the 5200 plugged into the switch box and was used for both electricity and the television signal.

The Oki 900 was the ultimate tool of cell phone hackers because it could listen in to AMPS phone calls right out of the box with no hardware modifications.

This film was a critical and box office failure, but has gained a modern following.

The calls also indicated that one of the men had tied a box around his torso, and claimed there was a bomb inside ; it is not known which hijacker this was.

The calls also indicated that one of the men had tied a box around his torso, and claimed there was a bomb inside-it is not known which hijacker this was.

In 1887, the stolen base was given its own individual statistical column in the box score, and was defined for purposes of scoring: "... every base made after first base has been reached by a base runner, except for those made by reason of or with the aid of a battery error ( wild pitch or passed ball ), or by batting, balks or by being forced off.

Each spring was connected to the outermost edge of the axle by a roller bearing contained in oil-filled axle box.

It was a heavy, cast-steel design weighing about, with sealed roller bearings on the axle ends, avoiding the need to maintain axle box oil levels.

This was achieved by the insertion of the words ' and oblations ' into the prayer for the Church and the revision of the rubric so as to require the monetary offerings to be brought to the Table ( instead of being put in the poor box ) and the bread and wine placed upon the Table.

It was also a box office failure.