Word: modicums
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...look into the beyond, past the crumbling factories, the dying nation-states, the obsolescent oil derricks. Look to the bright, shining future. "In the very midst of destruction and decay, we can now find striking evidences of birth and life...Indisputably--with intelligence and a modicum of luck--the emergent civilization can be made more sane, sensible, and sustainable, more decent and democratic than any we have every known...
Crane's background as an American history professor has lent a modicum of intellectual legitimacy to his quest for the presidency. His stance on specific issues, however, has caused some of his congressional constituents to wonder if Crane has even the slightest understanding of social concerns. In Phil Crane's world, health and social programs fall by the wayside and missiles and strike-forces take their place...
...important scenes, and the self-consciousness of each departure from Shakespeare unnerve the audience and often make the play's plot incomprehensible. Sellars might just as well have bounded on stage, done a headstand, cried "look at me!" before the curtain rose, and let the play proceed with a modicum of sensibility...
...Even in Beirut," van Voorst reports, "where there was a lot of shooting, there was at least a modicum of discipline in the Phalangists and P.L.O. Here you can't even tell the opposing forces apart. They wear the same mixed bag of military and civilian clothes, and it's commonplace to be stopped by some kid of 13 who pokes a submachine gun into your stomach." The language problem makes matters worse. "Only one correspondent in the international press corps here speaks Farsi," says van Voorst. "In a crunch you don't know whether a gunman...
Predictions about the potential effectiveness of the Student Assembly are hesitantly optimistic among those most closely involved with it. Jay Yeager '79, a delegate to the convention, said he thinks the Student Assembly can wield effective power this fall, but he admitted that "the assembly will only have a modicum of legitimacy, and whether or not that will remain is questionable." Yeager said that, for the assembly to gain power and legitimacy, it must carefully consider student opinion...