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Akdom Posted 16 years ago
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Unassuming discipline
" Perhaps his most important tutor has been Mr. Gates, the defense secretary appointed by Mr. Bush and the first kept on by a president of another party. They are an unlikely pair, a 49-year-old Harvard-trained lawyer turned community activist and a 66-year-old veteran of cold war spy intrigues and Republican administrations. But they(Defense Sacretary Gates and Obama) are both known for unassuming discipline, and they bonded through weekly meetings and shared challenges. "
unassuming: adj modest; unpretentious.
unassuming + discipline
When the 2 words are put together, I don't know what the author is trying to say. What does unassuming mean here?
Are they very disciplined? What's a modest discipline? How can you be modest discipline?
unassuming: adj modest; unpretentious.
unassuming + discipline
When the 2 words are put together, I don't know what the author is trying to say. What does unassuming mean here?
Are they very disciplined? What's a modest discipline? How can you be modest discipline?
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I understand it to mean that they are disciplined people, but they don't make a big show of that. They have a kind of quiet discipline.
- I understand it to mean that they are disciplined people, but they don't make a big show of that.
- They have a kind of quiet discipline.
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I understand it to mean that they are disciplined people, but they don't make a big show of that. They have a kind of quiet discipline.
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