Word: modicums
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...goes when you’ve gone the cheap route. Still, even those who tired of trying to figure out how to eat chicken wings with a modicum of classiness could find solace in the plentiful duck confit quesadillas. As my foodie companion informed me, duck, fattiest of birds, can sometimes be too oily when prepared as a confit—that is, cooked in its own fat—but here, the tortilla reigns in the fattiness, buffered by the avocado salsa. The result, if not exactly health-conscious, neatly melds the populist bar-side snack with prime ingredients...
Fats have more flavor--a fact that was not lost on the editors of COOKING LIGHT magazine. Since the mid-1990s, they have slipped a modicum of butter into their recipes. "You have to make food enjoyable," says Jill G. Melton, senior editor of COOKING LIGHT (which, like TIME, is owned by AOL Time Warner). "If something tastes bad, you're not going to want it again...
...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...