Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...able to argue that the deal's $115 billion in Medicare savings, in which the parties split their difference, would rid the G.O.P. for a while of the issue that had nearly lost them control of Congress in 1996. So what, Gingrich said, if they had to accept a modest "signing fee" by allowing Clinton $34 billion in new spending on domestic programs...
...This is about a dream," said Allred, "the chance for a woman of modest means to succeed...
...Democratic side, President Clinton has proposed some modest reductions, and is obviously preparing to go along with deeper ones. One indication: Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers last week accused those who propose repealing the tax of "selfishness," but then issued a public apology. That was a humiliation the proud Summers would probably endure only under presidential orders...
...American brand of feminism stems from the pressure exerted upon women during the time of the Soviet Union. They were encouraged to be endogenous. If a woman reported to work "dressed up," she would get dirty looks from her female co-workers. In general, hair-dos and clothing were "modest and attractive" according to a book on female fashion Soviet style. It's not that Soviet women were expected to be completely sexless. They were just not allowed to assert themselves as any sort of symbol of womanly beauty. They were utilitarian bearers of children and workers in the Soviet...
...YORK: Markets soared on a lower-than-expected rise in labor costs. The Labor Department report of a modest 0.6 percent rise in wages and benefits convinced investors that the Fed won't tighten interest rates at its next meeting three weeks from now, says TIME's Wall Street columnist Daniel Kadlec. "It's hard to remember the last time the markets reacted so eagerly to this report." Indeed, now that the Dow has almost completely erased the sobering slide that began March 11, the rest of the market seemed today to have to caught a euphoria that Kadlec called...