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...starts in the modest flatlands, Monica and Nicole territory, and climbs the Santa Monica Mountains, where the homes are obscenely gorgeous and the salt-air view of the Pacific so tearfully stunning that you have to get on the cell phone and either call the shrink or schedule a facial...
...been the provincial capital farthest in time from the center of Japan since unlike the cities on the outlying islands of Hokkaido and Okinawa, it has never had an airport. Even now, with a million Olympic visitors expected, the nearest airport to the Main Press Center consists of a modest, two-story box appointed with exactly four check-in counters and one baggage carousel, 75 min. away by (very occasional) bus. As your plane takes off from Matsumoto, the technicians all line up on the tarmac to wave goodbye...
...fact, all three teams enter the weekend on losing skids. While the Crimson's is just a modest one--it's been four seasons since Harvard has had back-to-back Ivy losses--the Big Red slide into tonight's game having dropped four straight, and the Lions' last win came 10 games...
Union just recently snapped an eight game winless streak with a modest 6-3 win over Army...
...Fans of the current system wish to solve this imbalance by "tinkering." For example, some combination of benefit cuts, modest tax increases, a change in the investment portfolio of the trust fund and an increase in the retirement age could shore the system up for the next 75 years. Proponents ask why we should radically reform a program that has been so effective for so long. Opponents say that "tinkering" will not be a permanent fix and that there may be a cheaper way to get greater benefits...