Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Helmer's two-car garage isn't much to look at, but the modest structure set amid the cornfields and ranch homes of exurban Freeland, Michigan, harbors a revolution. Inside the garage and spilling over into what was Helmer's living room is the Northlane Math and Science Academy, a new kind of public school. In these unconventional quarters, Helmer, a veteran teacher and school administrator, and two other teachers are attempting to guide 39 students, ages 6 to 12, toward a better understanding of their world via a very active brand of learning...
...left to negotiate? A salary cap is in place in the N.B.A., but players and teams seem to be able to fake their way past it with impunity. Take, for example, Anfernee Hardaway's newly renegotiated contract. Most people would! The second-year point guard, who averaged a modest 16 points last year as a rookie, just signed a nine-year contract with the Orlando Magic that will pay him an estimated $70 million. This violates no league edict but sets the stage for trouble ahead. Little wonder that the Magic owners have seen fit to raise ticket prices...
...contrast between the modest asceticism of the Saint Colombe's and the grand opulence of the court of Versailles shows two different versions of dress and costume of France in the 17th century...
...invited prominent minority speakers to campus, sponsored race relations conferences, held cultural festivals, offered grants to minority students groups and honored students and faculty who have contributed to improving race relations on campus. In these respects, as The Crimson has pointed out in the past, the Foundation has achieved modest success as a "feel-good" organization...
...board also anticipated the passage of a modest middle-class tax cut in 1995, since both parties would like to see one. But the panel members stressed that any relief to working Americans should be financed by politically difficult cuts in entitlement programs like Medicare. Sinai estimated that the tax break itself might amount to $25 billion. While that would have little impact on the $5 trillion U.S. economy, it could give Bill Clinton a political lift from the group of Americans whom he championed as a candidate...