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...Carney: Yes, the Bush administration has been stepping back a little from some earlier comments that had antagonized the Europeans about wanting to withdraw our relatively modest number of troops home. The President today went out of his way, quoting Secretary of State Powell, to say we went in to the Balkans together, and we'll leave together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Shows Foreign Policy Muscles in Brussels | 6/13/2001 | See Source »

...fondled the 14-year-old daughter of a friend. For this "slipup," as he calls it, he pleaded no contest and took five years' probation rather than risk a two-to-20-year prison term. Now he thinks prison would have been preferable. These days, people drive by his modest bungalow house, then back up to read the 18-in. by 24-in. sign posted by the little white birdhouse. DANGER, it says. REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER LIVES HERE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Scarlet Letter | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

Parting shots, by definition, should not be over-prepared. Mine have to do with modest activities and modest messages...

Author: By Neil L. Rudenstine, | Title: Books, Buildings, and the Yard | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...most part, departments are able to live within this target budget,” Murphy says. “The [additional] requests we get are fairly modest...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller and Kathryn L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Endowment Payouts Fall Short of University Quotas | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...modest, but Johnson’s family is assuredly...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Junior To Appear In Glamour Magazine | 6/6/2001 | See Source »

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