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Oxman said that American private investment in Eastern European markets had been modest, and that both sides benefit from increased American contributions...
...healthy economy that can keep profits and incomes rising and a strong stream of revenues flowing into government coffers. In moving to raise interest rates last week, the Federal Reserve wagered in effect that an increase now would prevent the economy from overheating and maintain inflation at its current modest level of about 3%. That combination of sustainable growth and stable prices could be a deficit buster's best friend...
...appointment, fraught with symbolism, has thus far proved to be disappointing. There have been some modest accomplishments. Under Reno, the Justice Department has liberalized the release of information under the Freedom Of Information Act. She supported legislation which made it a felony to obstruct access to an abortion clinic...
...diverting information from him," said an official. But others dispute these claims, saying little has changed. Last week a decision about whether to grant a visa to I.R.A. leader Gerry Adams was bumped up to Clinton when it might easily have been decided at lower levels. "There's been modest improvement, but I wouldn't make too much of it. We have a hard time deciding what not to take to him because he wants to do everything," says a senior official...
...impressionism of the Anchers. These uninspiring works do not undermine the exhibition, because it aims precisely to illustrate the tenor of Danish art in the nineteenth century, even through its less inspirational phases. However, such an aim does not provide sufficient focus for an exhibit, even on a relatively modest scale. The collection appears electric, a higgledy-piggledy romp through an era of artistic flux and diversity. The viewer does not find Danish painting surprisingly good or bad; he gleans no insight into the Danish national character; he observes no quintessentially Danish traits--in short, he detects no common thread...