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Western Europe should be so lucky. Economic growth resumed there this year, but the projected gains are pretty modest: 2.3% in 1997 and 2.7% in 1998. The fate of the common currency of the European Monetary Union, which is to be inaugurated Jan. 1, 1999, is a big reason. The new unit, known as the euro, will proceed on schedule, predicts John Hsu, CEO of John Hsu Capital Group, a New York City-based money-management firm. "But there will be all kinds of compromises. That implicitly means the euro is going to be a weak currency." Britain is expected...
...Bear, deserves a Best Supporting Animal award for his ferocious work. Baldwin is persuasive in his familiar persona, the cagey sleazebag. And as the polymath plutocrat, Hopkins manages to make erudition sexy; a library intelligence and a steely intellect make him Baldwin's ideal adversary. The Edge merits a modest cheer as an action film that celebrates not brute force but survival of the smartest...
...MODEST PROPOSAL FOR SENATORS...
Meyers said his long-range goals are more modest. Over a five-year period he hopes to beat the benchmark by 1 percent and the average fund by about 2 percent per year...
...Murphy just being falsely modest after Harvard tallied almost 500 yards of total offense and its highest point total in seven seasons during the 45-7 debacle? Or was he picking up on some palpable weaknesses obscured by the laughable numbers on the scoreboard...