Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fishes into 48 -- different from anything that had preceded it. Hall flew back to George Washington University, where he is director of the in-vitro lab and where Stillman heads the entire in-vitro fertilization program, reassured that people would view his work as he saw it: a modest scientific advance that might someday prove useful for treating certain types of infertility...
...entering a period of sustained, moderate growth fueled by low interest rates," notes Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Clinton's chief economic adviser (and Wescott's new boss). "But we would still like to see higher employment, the creation of more permanent jobs and stronger American exports." Tyson is forecasting modest 3% growth in the inflation-adjusted gross domestic product for the remainder of this year and into next. The question is whether even that pace can be maintained...
...white ethnics backing Giuliani. The swing factor is the city's growing Hispanic electorate, which gave Dinkins 64% of its vote in 1989 but may deliver less for him this time around. Whichever candidate they elect, New Yorkers can only hope that their new chief executive will be modest enough to borrow a page or two from the new breed of mayors in America's smaller cities...
...while modest Harvard students would not confess to looking too closely, many noted black and orange "P"'s painted on the men's bodies...
...modest start and we need more," said Michael B. McElroy, Rotch professor of atmospheric science...