Word: modeste
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...modest rise in troop strength may not be enough to fight a two-front insurgency, prepare the way for elections and resume the reconstruction of Iraq, which was thrown into upheaval by the violence last week. Those calling for an even bigger force point to a historical comparison: in Northern Ireland, the ratio of British police and troops to civilians at the conflict's height was 20 per 1,000; a comparable U.S. presence in Iraq would require 500,000 troops. That might well be what it would take in Iraq, but the U.S. has almost nowhere to turn...
...tapes, Museum of Television and Radio panel discussions, a never shot episode script, and commentary tracks by the producers, writers, studio executives, actors--and even the actors' parents. It is one of the most insanely complete TV artifacts ever and, at $120, one of the most expensive. (A more modest, six-disc set sells in stores for about $70.) Executive producer Judd Apatow says the doomed series' crew had planned its shooting schedule with a DVD in mind. "We shot the final five episodes way before production ended," he says, "because we didn't know if we'd be allowed...
Professor of Law Carol Steiker said that even as Marshall was, physically, the “biggest fat cat” on the Court, financially he was the “littlest fat cat.” Marshall’s relatively modest means, Steiker said, inspired her to become a public defender rather than make more money at a private law firm...
Meyer dismissed calls to abandon the management company’s incentive-based system in favor of flat salaries or more modest bonuses...
...What we had been planning before was really quite modest compared to what we’re going to be able to do now,” Martin said. “We’re excited about the opportunity to have a lot of people doing things that we couldn’t do before...