Word: modestly
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Eager to show Washington that he is willing to embrace at least some democratic principles, Fahd announced plans in April to appoint a Consultative Council to advise the policymaking Council of Ministers. By Western democratic standards, the proposal is modest. But in the autocratic gulf region, any step to broaden participation in government is radical. Fahd first proposed a Consultative Council more than a decade ago, but shelved the initiative when the Iranian revolution aroused fears of regional instability...
...until the 1960s that slavery was abolished and women were allowed to attend schools. A Consultative Council is a concession to the concept of political dialogue, if not to the principle of power sharing. Fahd, who governs by family consensus, should not shy away from a modest extension of the political franchise, particularly if it represents no dilution of his own power. He might even find it easier to control the religious extremists who pose such a threat, in the moderates' view, to the stability of the kingdom. Despite their endorsement of a Consultative Council, says a Western diplomat...
Mistake two: the ideal panel for literary prizes is a group of harmless but well-read drudges who are happy with modest honorariums and the free coffee and doughnuts served at meetings. The Turner people made the blunder of assuming that prestigious judges would confer glitter on the new awards. They assembled, at $10,000 a pop, a blue-ribbon panel including not only Styron, Matthiessen and Bradbury but Nadine Gordimer and Carlos Fuentes as well...
...council's $275 publicity list includes shuttlebus service to the airport, a modest calendar change resulting in two extra days of intersession, and a number of milk-and-cookies study breaks. And although council members claim that students have benefited from these services, they concede that Harvard's undergraduate student government has not served as a form for student opinions and concerns...
...tough to match Wylie in person to the world-class athlete that he is. His small 5-ft. 4-in., 123-lb. frame is far from imposing. His modest, friendly personality does not seem fitting for someone who wears an Olympic ring on his right hand. All in all, Wylie refuses to be singled out for his accomplishments...