Word: modicums
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...which had figured to provide the Crimson with at least a modicum of competition, did not pan out as such all afternoon as Harvard easily dominated the swimming events, winning 10 of 11 races. Cornell's particularly poor showing might have been due, at least in part, to a 6:30 a.m. bus ride from Ithaca, but it was outclassed in any case...
Vaudevillians. Fortunately, that public by and large insists upon a modicum of quality. Bizarre vaudevillians like Jethro Tull, the manic-impressive group for which Anderson is lead singer and flutist, are still artisans right down to their self-mocking codpieces and plaid jerkins. Singer-Composer King, 29, spins out her multitextured ballads with craft and sensitivity and raises her piano playing to something more than mere accompaniment. Nilsson, 31, blithe and winsome with his pen as well as his voice, first projected himself as a sort of sad-clown chronicler of Middle America (Nobody Cares About the Railroads Anymore...
...borne with stiff upper lips and all that? Not at all. A Cornish counterattack is mounted by an aged but indomitable exactress who runs a sort of orphanage. Her rustic crew of local stalwarts prevails by deploying the hackneyed virtues of the English character: sly eccentricity, calculated insult, a modicum of violence...
...planes and crews. Yet the bitterness did not prevent the two parties from starting hard bargaining almost as soon as the talks resumed. By week's end there once more were hopeful signs that the talks had progressed to a point from which-with good will, a modicum of flexibility and a determined firmness with their allies-the Americans and the North Vietnamese might finally be able to reach a settlement...
Characteristically unmindful of the controversy snarling around him, Shula looked over his new team, which had a modicum of talent, a minimum of organization and a miserable won-lost-tied record (3-10-1) in 1969. "I'm no miracle worker," he announced. "I don't have a magic formula that I'm going to give to the world as soon as I can write a book. I'm not a person with a great deal of finesse. I'm about as subtle as a punch in the mouth. I'm just...