Word: modicum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lunch-box. It is a laptop with a sense of humor--almost ridiculous in its rejection of more serious stereotypes of computer. Designed to live in someone's backpack, it can be handled with relative impunity. Colored like a pre-school toy, it can be considered with a modicum of flippancy and easy camaraderie...
...this week, the outcry of Sox fans achieved a modicum of validity from a rather unlikely source. Dr. Carmen Puliafito, who chairs the ophthalmology department at Tufts University School of Medicine, was so upset by blown calls during the American League Championships that he offered to perform free eye surgery on any Major League umpires who qualify. His reasoning? Dr. Puliafito postulates that many of the umpires are, in fact, secretly nearsighted...
According to Assistant Dean David Illingworth, "This policy was put into place for students benefit to keep a modicum of order in the dorms." He said that before the restrictions, groups of students would enter Houses and accost students, saying, "I'm sleeping in your room tonight...
That dark shadow hanging over the Kennedys is not a curse, just the odds. An extremely large family with money, resources, connections, time, opportunities--and a modicum of foolhardiness-- beyond what most can afford, including taking risks and indulging in pursuits others might not even consider, is likely to face such horrors. The only curse is Damn! What's next? PATTI GARRITY Manhattan Beach, Calif...
...Defrost." This translation stumped even the most advanced students. LeBow creatively darted to a refrigerator conveniently located in this quasi-classroom, quasi-community center and compared the ice cube's solid state to the running water flowing from a spigot. Teaching ESL often requires a modicum of acting talent. Frequently, LeBow found herself improvising, role-playing and relying on extemporaneous examples and analogies...