Word: modicum
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...sure that many Catholic students at Harvard and elsewhere would be more than willing to engage in a dialogue with Lai about his concerns if he would first demonstrate a modicum of respect for sacred. I also hope that a clear description of the sequence of events will persuade the Harvard community of the openmindedness of Catholic students, despite the distortions and inflammatory rhetoric that Lai employs to argue otherwise. Anthony R. Picarello...
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? So much for the New World Order. It isn't particularly New, it encompasses little of the World and it provides barely a modicum of Order. Its future looks ominous indeed...
...defensively, the Bulldogs look pathetic. As exemplified by Harvard's 11-0 Eli thrashing at Bright last year, the Bulldogs are thin at the blue line. Goalie Ray LeTourneau (4.64 goals-against-average, .867 save percentage) brings at least a modicum of experience to the Yale...
...case of South Africa combines aspects of a democratic and an authoritarian state. The vast majority of the population is disenfranchised, but whites enjoy parliamentary government and a modicum of rights. How can we tell how sanctions might work in such a situation...
Last November New Yorkers turned to Dinkins in the hope that the cautious and gentle veteran clubhouse politician would heal the rifts among them and offer a modicum of racial peace. "A Gorgeous Mosaic" became the 63-year-old grandfather's metaphor for his divided city, and he pulled together an ethnically diverse electorate to become New York's first black mayor by a narrow margin. Dinkins has named more minorities to top-level staff positions than any mayor before him and has drawn on a national pool of talent to fill posts in his administration. With little fanfare...