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Word: modestly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...family fun shots don't look as if they were caught by airport security cameras. Film loading is simplified (drop in a cartridge, shut the camera, the film threads itself), and a button allows you to switch among three image sizes (standard, wider, panorama)--but these are only modest advances over today's models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O.K., ROLL 'EM | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

...Ezra summarizes Coach Bill Doyle's strategy, it becomes apparent that Harvard is setting up a modest mentality for the Princeton dual meet...

Author: By Dena J. Springer, | Title: Squash Teams Again Triumphant at Holiday Tournament | 2/2/1996 | See Source »

...Penningroth in her recovery from last year's injury. In her quest to help Harvard win, Penningroth has been working hard on strength training for the throwing events while taking care to maintain the speed and dexterity required for the jumps and dashes of the pentathalon. Although she is modest about her own abilities, she is openly excited about the team's upcoming season...

Author: By Brian D. Algra, | Title: Penningroth Hurdles Back From Injury to Contribute | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

...talking financial heads who failed to predict the big rise in U.S. stocks last year have resurfaced to forecast a modest rise in 1996. The expert consensus seems to be that stocks will advance 10% this year. That is not exactly a startling bit of augury: a 10% annual gain is about average for stocks in this century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE TO LOOK IN '96 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...offers no reprieve more melodramatically satisfying than this. It is a measure of its complexity--and of the forces Penn and Sarandon have held in reserve during their hypnotic struggle for his soul--that its final moments leave us awash in emotion. How hard it is to achieve even modest states of grace in this world. How patiently we must work to achieve them. How easy, absent a Sister Helen, it is to miss them entirely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE EXECUTIONEE'S SONG | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

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