Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sheila's a modest person," says local talk show host Glenn S. Koocher '71. "She's more closely aligned with neighborhood constituencies, and she's someone who feels very comfortable with herself...
Brokaw grew up in a modest two-story home in Yankton, Souh Dakota, a farming community of 13,000 along the Missouri River...
HUPD also took some modest steps to curb campus crime. Recently, it established a corps of officers on bicycles who now patrol the area, and it also set up a police station in the Yard, allowing officers to respond more quickly to emergency calls...
...many astronomers, last week's near-miss of asteroid 1996JA1, as it has been officially designated, was a kind of warning shot across Earth's bow. They have been trying to convince the world--with only modest success--that asteroids like this one represent a clear and present danger. To meet that threat, they have proposed a network of computer-monitored telescopes (equipped with sensitive electronic cameras) that would seek out threatening asteroids or comets in plenty of time to fend them off with appropriately designed long-range missiles...
...insist, they could predict many years in advance if any were destined to strike Earth. Most of the large ones, they say, could be cataloged within a decade, given the necessary funding. But budgets are tight, congressional support is lacking, and NASA has opted to continue only its relatively modest $1 million annual support for three independent groups with telescopes specifically dedicated to NEO hunting. These teams are headed by Tom Gehrels at the University of Arizona, Helin at J.P.L. and Shoemaker at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona...