Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...single mother. With the schedule in flux, that show will have a tougher time finding an audience. Fortunately for NBC, it still has the rest of the season to experiment. It could build up Frasier or 3rd Rock by putting them after Seinfeld. Meanwhile, Just Shoot Me, a modest success starring Laura San Giacomo as an editor who works for a women's magazine owned by her father, is being given a Thursday tryout, as is NewsRadio, a clever show that in three seasons has never lived up to its ratings potential...
Although there is often one novel by someone like Updike or DeLillo on the Best Sellers' list, most literary novels sell modestly. But in 1997 news stories reported that many publishing houses, under bottom-line pressure from conglomerate bosses, were becoming unwilling to publish writers with modest sales...
Calling the new standards "a modest beginning," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 said he hopes the combination of the new standards and the senior survey data will prompt inter-departmental conversations about the "very decentralized" advising system...
After entering the half with a 38-35 lead, SMU maintained a modest lead throughout much of the second frame. The Mustangs led 74-68 with three minutes remaining when the end-of-game fireworks began...
When Harvard staked out a 20-9 lead over Navy (5-6) in front of a modest-sized crowd at Lavietes, it looked like it would ride the wave from the second half against Dartmouth to its seventh win of the season...