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...your-face rejection...The recommendations of the Standing Committee on benefits were very modest, you know," Paul said. "They were based on a demonstration that many of the cuts being put forth by the task force were inappropriate...
...They all have stories of how he rescued them at the hospital or saved their careers, how they just love talking to him and how they'd do anything for him. I wish he could hear some of the things people say about him. But he would probably be modest, and hand a compliment right back to them...
...dollar dropped to 88.33 yen today from 83.35 late yesterday, while simultaneously picking up modest gains against European currencies. The British pound was virtually unchanged...
...Healy proposed only a modest property tax increase of .8 percent, the smallest tax levy hike since fiscal year...
...friend of mine, who shares my weakness for making ill-fated investments, recently bought a share of Berkshire Hathaway. That's the flagship company of Warren Buffett, who recently surpassed Bill Gates as the nation's richest human. Like many of us, Buffett started with a modest bankroll, only he managed to turn his into $13 billion-plus. We've seen oil magnates, real estate moguls, shippers and robber barons at the top of the money heap, but Buffett is the first person to get there just by picking stocks...