Word: modicum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...true. If you're smart and witty, you'll win fans. And shy people can relax a little. The network makes it easier to confess a crush or admit a grudge. The Internet offers a respite from the social ineptness of Harvard life. and it can lend people a modicum of self-confidence and self-esteem that's not easy to find around here...
...believe it does not. Not that there is anything inherently wrong with making the college application process less stressful and time-consuming--there isn't. But regardless of what questions the applications ask, what is important is the modicum of interest and initiative students used to have to demonstrate in applying to Harvard. Now, they no longer have to demonstrate that initiative. Under the new system, applying to Harvard may come as an afterthought to some--"What the heck, I've filled the thing out. Might as well just send it in and see what happens." Thus, a significant number...
What will these kids be like as adults? Somewhere along the way they'll have to pick up a modicum of social skills, or they'll be laughed at or ostracized. But what if they don't have a good teacher, like my sponsor, who fills in the gaps? She said that she now consciously thinks about teaching "politeness lessons," something that didn't cross her mind a decade...
...civilian industries. Party sources say Raul's military advisers are looking beyond quick fixes and studying a complete overhaul of the socialist system. "If you're going to implement changes, one of the safer ways to do this is to use the armed forces so you can have a modicum of control," says Phyllis Greene Walker, a research associate who follows the Cuban military for the University of Miami's North-South Center in Washington. The army, she notes, is the one institution still intensely loyal to the Castros...
...doubt my integrity. I doubt yours," Reeves told Myers. "What modicum of respect I had for you dissolved tonight," the mayor added...