Word: modicums
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...Despite the launch's national significance, China has so far released only a modicum of information about the manned maiden voyage. Unlike the seven U.S. astronauts on the pioneering Mercury mission, who became heroes before they even lofted skyward, the identity of only two of China's 14 taikongyuan, or "space pilots," has been released. All that ordinary Chinese know about them is they're each about 1.7 m tall, weigh 65 kg and served as jet-fighter test pilots who "are No. 1 in physical status and psychological quality," according to statements by senior space official Zhang Houying...
...made his donation in 2000. The acceptance of the money brings immediate concerns regarding Harvard’s policies governing endowments and its apparent lack of investigation of sources. To state that all money is tainted is merely apologist and begs the larger issue of ethics. Harvard deserves a modicum of credit for not having rushed into the naming of a recipient of the endowed chair and for launching research into the source of this gift. It is, however, too little and too late. The investigation should have occurred three years ago and lacking that occurrence, a report from...
...where the administration can be of help: it can put out a manual and set up a rehab program for wayward boys looking to rejoin the world outside the oak paneling. The battle to lead a normal social life is an uphill one—requiring a modicum of decency and openness to others. But we’ve all been through it, and we know you can too. Let’s drink to that...
...made Iraqi authority - at least not without some compromises. And the sanctions regime, to which France and Russia have for years demanded an end, is now ironically their only leverage through which to seek a role for the UN - and by extension, a modicum of influence for themselves - in Iraq's immediate future...
...Although well short of a full-scale mobilization, these were the first visible signs of military preparations on the highway, and lend a modicum of credibility to the official rhetoric about a readiness to resist an invasion. (With access to the north of the country denied to journalists, it was not possible to ascertain whether similar defenses were being set up along other important highways...