Word: unspectacularly
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When you play a low-scoring game, any goal you get is a prize, no matter how unspectacular it looks...
...tries to make that separation, and how he stumbles into his own path to sanctity, is Powers' story. He tells it in prose that is like his hero: unspectacular but full of impressive resources. Powers commands a variety of comic voices, from the wild, imaginary conversations with the Archbishop, or Arch, as Joe calls him, to the non sequiturs of sweet, dim Father Felix, the monk who helps Joe out on weekends when he is not chuckling over TV shows. The scenes in which Joe falls woefully short of his ideal of priestly fellowship are wicked social comedy. For days...
...phenomenon are complementary Mexican and U.S. economic policies. American firms have long sent materials to Mexico duty free for use in assembly plants, then paid duty only on the value added abroad when the products were returned to the U.S. For nearly two decades, these exchanges fostered steady but unspectacular growth in border cities such as Juarez, Tijuana and Mexicali. But the trend accelerated dramatically in 1982, when the Mexican peso lost 82% of its value against the U.S. dollar. Mexican wages fell to irresistibly low levels for U.S. companies facing tough competition from Asia...
...been rolling along for nearly five years now, encountering few obstacles along the way. Unemployment has dramatically declined to a seven-year low, and a record number of Americans are working. Corporate profits are rising, stocks have been on a historic climb, and most economists are predicting solid if unspectacular growth ahead...
When Baker mutters, "This dog won't hunt," the old hands around him know that is the end of an idea. His other favorite phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," is equally unspectacular but equally meaningful for the Baker crew. It means stop right there, we don't want any more needless work...