Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seem like a modest revision, but that doesn't mean it was easy to produce. Originally scheduled for release a year ago as an educational tool, it was held up when the meat and dairy industries argued that it bad-mouthed their products. Developing the pyramid had already cost about $100,000, and it took another year and $855,000 of research to make sure consumers understood that foods shouldn't be seen as good or evil. And that in turn angered nutritionists, who thought the extra time and money were politically motivated waste...
...level that the Community and many of its biggest member nations find politically unacceptable. Bush tried to sound hopeful when he told reporters that some "new ideas" had been presented. Delors was probably closer to the mark when he described the proposals both sides were considering as "modest." The U.S. and E.C. will have still another try in time for the G-7 economic summit in July...
Jane Nichols' adaptation of Christopher Hampton's highly acclaimed Dangerous Liaisons is a modest attempt to bring a certain degree of finesse to a highly complex storyline. This play deals adeptly with deceit, betrayal, love and above all, control...
...business filled with true showmen, Paul Binder, the ringmaster of The Big Apple, seems modest by comparison. He allows the skill of the performers to woo the audience. When he introduces the Flying Vasquez, he does not mention that Miguel was the first trapeze artist in history to complete a quadruple somersault, formerly thought impossible...
...will reach its own plateau. Despite the superb management team Walton left in place, his death will inevitably mean that the soul of his corporation will change. Community irritation at secretive and standoffish ways of Wal-Mart managers, the "us" (Wal-Mart) against "them" (downtown merchants) attitude, and the modest involvement in public affairs and charities by store officers are building resentment...