Word: modestic
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...F.M.L.N. with other types of weapons in the past. But U.S. intelligence agencies have not been able to come up with hard information about the nature of these shipments or how they have changed over time. Some Washington officials believe Managua's military aid to the F.M.L.N. was fairly modest from the early 1980s until mid-1988, when plans were first laid for the current offensive and arms shipments were cranked up. If Ortega is indeed the purveyor of SA-7s to the F.M.L.N., why did he choose to send them now? One plausible hypothesis assumes that a demand...
...supporters, Komarek is furious that Havel and his colleagues are banking on the political survival of Prime Minister Adamec instead of supporting Komarek for the position. When asked by TIME if he was a candidate for Prime Minister, Komarek responded, "I leave this open. My position personally is very modest. I don't think a well-brought-up person ! should say, 'I want to be Prime Minister.' " Komarek feels that the Civic Forum tends too heavily toward compromise and should instead mount a radical assault on the existing order. "What's needed," he says, "is the establishment immediately...
...dean said earlier this week that although he does not yet favor a specific proposal, he wants at least a modest change. He could not be reached for comment last night...
...sake of political expedience,representatives of both groups said they wouldlikely end up compromising. Masters who have fromthe beginning been averse to any change agreedthat if it were necessary to alter the system,they would prefer a modest proposal. And most saidthe student suggestion of "non-ordered choice"seemed the most acceptable...
...Call it modest, but it's still a winning streak...