Word: modeste
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...down 38%, the sharpest drop since 1980, and there, too, optimists have found early signs of stabilization. It's not unreasonable to think that, sometime in the next few quarters or even months, business and housing will stop dragging the economy down and begin to provide at least a modest boost. (See pictures of retailers that have gone out of business...
...Embedded in this one is "modest reductions to programs such as orientation and opening day activities, Dudley House events, and commencement...
...committees will see a smaller entering class of PhD students in September 2009. The majority of graduate programs have seen a reduction in the size of their graduate class. At the same time, it should be noted that the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will provide a modest increase in the PhD stipend for both continuing students as well as those entering in September. This tradeoff was made in support of FAS’s long-term commitment to the academic and professional growth of the existing cadre of graduate students, now nearly 3,500 strong. There will also...
...postulates as "partner countries" rather than "European countries". They similarly struck any language that even remotely hinted at possible E.U. membership for any time in the future, and revised a "long-term goal" previously described as "visa-free travel" by EaP citizens to the E.U. down to more modest "visa liberalization" for certain business people...
...homes will be built in three sizes, all extremely cramped by Western standards: 283 sq. ft. (one room, including kitchen plus a bathroom), 360 sq. ft. (ditto), and a 465-sq.-ft. model with a tiny bedroom. In addition to the modest proportions, Tata is relying on economies of scale and careful sourcing of materials to keep costs low. The Mumbai project, for instance, will get its steel from group company Tata Steel, which has plant at nearby Tarapore. Land-acquisition costs will be minimized by giving the original landowner a percentage of each project's returns. The homes will...