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...overseeing the project, who then helped shrink the plan to $36 million. The state's two Democratic Senators joined the opposition and urged architects to design something that would cost no more than $23 million. Then planners scrapped the idea of a new building and settled instead on a modest $16 million addition to the existing courthouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WE WILL SURVIVE | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

...guess maybe that was because they had never seen me before," a far-too-modest Cupp said. "We worked really hard this week to hit my targets...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: A 'Cupp'le Great Days | 5/15/1995 | See Source »

...what is necessary." Specifically, he has called for a major audit of state spending to identify and eliminate waste. He also intends to use proceeds from privatization to draw down the national debt. But he is mainly hoping for a sharp upturn in economic growth, now running at a modest 2.6% annually, to generate more jobs and tax revenues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAN OF THE HOUR, AT LAST | 5/15/1995 | See Source »

While the Crimson may have achieved that modest goal yesterday, the end result was nevertheless all-too familiar: a frustrating loss, 7-5, in a game which Harvard appeared to have firmly in its grasp...

Author: By Jason E. Kolman, | Title: Batmen Fall to BC | 5/4/1995 | See Source »

...Bernhard, I leave a full-page ad in the Harvard Crimson. Bernhard, one of Harvard's unsung heroes, should tell the world what he has accomplished here, but he'd be too modest to use it. So, I'd just leave him a coaching job at Harvard. He exemplifies the quiet leader in soccer and baseball, and this year he finally received accolades for the soccer team's success...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: Parting Gifts | 5/4/1995 | See Source »

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