Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...silence ended with a bang last Thursday, when Clinton declared that he intends to move quickly to create jobs and stimulate the economy at the expense of a modest short-term increase in the deficit. At his first news conference since the election, Clinton vowed to stick to an economic program that includes tax hikes for the rich, tax cuts for the middle class and an investment tax credit to help business. He also left little doubt that he intends to ask Congress for some $20 billion next year to rebuild America's roads, bridges and highways. Denying postelection reports...
...president also defended the four percent raise Harvard has offered the union, which he described as a "modest, real income gain." He said the offer is in line with the pay increases faculty and administrators received in July...
...their activism, the Clintons are apt to play a surprisingly modest role as national tastemakers. They are far more likely to reflect baby-boomer trends than to shape them. Sure, there are fearless forecasts from marketing gurus. "Elvis memorabilia is going to go up to a whole new level," predicts Brad Edmondson, the editor in chief of American Demographics. "Remember Ronald Reagan and jelly beans. Jimmy Carter and peanuts." He may be right; too bad Graceland (privately owned) is not traded on the stock exchange...
...shake Clinton's grip on an electoral-vote majority. One Bush adviser conceded, "We have to pull to an inside straight. But if we win everywhere where we are now eight points back, it could actually happen." More likely is the hope in the Clinton camp that a relatively modest majority in the popular vote, or even a mere plurality brought about because of Perot's share, will still translate into an electoral-vote landslide. Clinton's hold on several of the largest states seems secure, and he remains ahead in many states -- such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and Missouri -- that...
...hardly wait until the post-game press conference, when all those annoying reporters will have to ask you how you pulled off the upset of the Ivy League season. I know you're modest, of course, and you'll just say that you always had faith in your team, and that you'll try to make it two wins in a row against Brown next week...