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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...
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...
...have $50,000 to spare for a real Hummer, then you might consider a more modest alternative: a line of gadgets from Conair that are modeled after the brawny cars. The devices include a digital boom box, a CD player and two-way radios ($99, shown above). Out in April, the radios feature a digital compass and voice activation...