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...after some time spent in-country. Two centuries ago, in a similar burst of enthusiasm, such mainline denominations as the Presbyterians and the Methodists sent thousands of missionaries to the Middle East. Like the current crop, they started eager for conversions. But over time they settled for a more modest agenda that obeyed local antiproselytizing laws and focused on building educational and charitable institutions and providing humanitarian aid. Such groups still constitute the major visible missionary presence in the area, and they enjoy fruitful and respectful, if circumscribed, relationships with local regimes and populations...
...Modest Proposal...
Meister said that it seems like Lander’s initial and more ambitious proposal had been “whittled down to something more modest...and better motivated...
COMPANY: Investors have an eye on the cable operator, which has made a modest recovery this year...
...summoned by the state assembly to answer allegations that she is unfairly targeting pols. But the truth, it is generally agreed, is that she is actually targeting alleged gang bosses, many of whom used to work for political leaders as handy election-time muscle but now have outgrown their modest origins to become centers of power in their own right. One assembly member, Sushil Kumar Modi, 48, figures about 40 of his colleagues run kidnap syndicates, an estimate shared by the police. "Lawlessness is out of control," he mourns. "It's controlled by powerful politicians...