Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Vallier has won modest praise from many security guards and police officers. But his close contact with the person who hired him--Vice President and General Counsel Margaret H. Marshall, who oversees the department but is generally distrusted by officers--has caused some to be cautious...
That's the hard lesson the President was confronted with last week. After almost a year of wrangling, when all is said and done about health care, less will be done than said. Even the prospects for a modest plan based on the proposals of the 20 or so Senators who call themselves the Mainstream Coalition are decidedly iffy, so much so that Clinton is signaling he may settle for an even more modest outcome -- a piecemeal collection of insurance changes. And if major changes don't get through this Congress, don't expect reform to find a warmer welcome...
...municipalities struggling with the problem. Telluride's San Miguel County requires developers to set aside 15% of their sites for affordable housing. In Aspen, where resistance to more new "monster homes" has great zeal, there is a proposal to raise the amount of new development that must go for modest housing from 40% to 60%. In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where a 14,000-sq.-ft., three-bedroom log cabin is going up, building inspector Dennis Johnson says a campground for low-wage earners might not be a bad idea...
...Boyz -- Wanya Morris, Nate Morris (no relation), Shawn Stockman and Michael McCary -- didn't live in a fantasy world growing up. All are in their early 20s, and all were raised by single mothers of modest means. That helps explain why their music is so empathetic toward the opposite sex. "Women go through a great deal in the day," says Stockman, "and we feel the man should be the one to say, 'Hey, relax, now I'm going to do the things you want to be done...
...David Nott, and he introduced her to classical song, starting with Schubert and Debussy. "His emphasis was on the words," she says. "I don't think my voice is all that beautiful. If I have any strength, it's connecting the text and the music." That is far too modest: Upshaw's light but penetrating soprano has a purity that is instantly recognizable...