"Without a doubt, the conduct uncovered in this investigation helped sow the seeds of the mortgage meltdown," said Eric Holder, America's attorney general, in a prepared statement.But Mr Holder's words were only backed-up by a remarkably modest document, an 11-page "statement of fact".
If they are allowed to set an agenda, and are given high political backing, then the modest document coming out of the summit could be transformed in time into a world-changing process.
The Senate passed its budget resolution back in April an altogether more modest document that sticks to the spending limits agreed in last year's Balanced Budget Act.
De Mistura hopes the modest document will form the basis for reconvened talks starting in the second week of April, and will argue that the fact neither the talks nor the cessation of hostilities have collapsed in the past fortnight represents a platform on which to build.
Walter Cardinal Kasper, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, called the document "a modest first step" while cautioning that "the road is very long and difficult".
The report documents a modest net price increase to students over the course of the past few years.
We documented a modest but distinct increase in several cytokines during the course of sepsis.
He lowered his sights from presenting a grand plan for a final peace to be signed by the Palestinians and Israelis to a much more modest American document, perhaps just a presidential statement.
Already, a sampling of four adult patients with BRAF V600E-mutated pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas treated with vemurafenib shows that the best documented response is a modest, partial response [ 9].
Chasing retired entertainers, rather than negotiating to buy expensive documents held by knowledgeable collectors, made a modest acquisitions budget stretch so much further.
