Word: modestly
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...them a second chance, an imitation of the strategy they ridiculed, to their regret, when the Republicans ran on the Contract with America two years ago. Gone are any grand liberal schemes for redistributing wealth and re-engineering society. In their place is Families First, an agenda Gephardt calls "modest, realistic and achievable," and Republicans blast as election-year gorilla dust. The greatest testament to the House Democrats' new, centrist course is its embrace of the G.O.P. goal of balancing the budget by 2002--something many House Democrats continue to consider an unnecessary and thankless pursuit...
...However modest Gephardt's agenda may be, Republicans point out, it would fall to his committee chairmen to carry it out. Almost to a man (and they are all men), those in line to take the jobs represent the most liberal, activist core of the Democratic membership. But they too say they got the message of the 1994 elections. "The goal is not just to have a program but to accomplish the goals that a program is supposed to achieve," says California's Henry Waxman, whose seniority would give him a choice of several committee or subcommittee posts. "The Democratic...
Sitting in his modest office, Will Danoff, manager of the nearly $19 billion Contrafund, talks about the huge sum of money he is investing. Danoff is a star--the fund's average annual return between 1990 and 1995 was about 22%, vs. 14% for the S&P 500 for those years. Printouts and annual reports are stacked on his chairs, desk, cabinets and floor; almost hidden in the mess are four computer screens. On one wall Danoff has hung a printout with a quote from Churchill to one of his generals: "What have you done...
Last Friday night, I joined a crowd of about 50 people in a circle in front of the Express store in Brattle Square. In the center of the circle was an uncharacteristically modest street performer. Without saying a word, without throwing balls into the air or lighting anything on fire, this thin young man with scruffy facial hair had all of us enchanted...
...like our gods to be modest; Hu fulfilled this well. In the press conference after the game, he sulked, he blamed everything on himself--especially for getting caught by a linebacker after a 51-yard run--and said that he didn't want to talk about the record. Of course, he still wanted to give his offensive line extra-special thanks and recognition...