Word: modicum
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Still holding a modicum of hope, I handed her the sonnet. She said, "Oh. The rhyme scheme is right and everything...
...clean, got off with a $1,180 fine and two years' probation. Brown was reportedly paid thousands of dollars to tell her story to a British tabloid newspaper, but People Page editor Belinda Luscombe says she's refused plenty of offers stateside. "She does seem to be showing a modicum of taste, doesn't she? I get the impression she doesn't want to dwell among the ranks of the notorious like John Wayne Bobbitt or Joey Buttafuoco. Still, she is the world's luckiest hooker...
...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...