He has been meeting with politicians and the private sector to advance the case for a "global pandemic emergency financing facility".One more modest possibility is that pools of research funding could be set up in advance, along with agreed research protocols, allowing health studies to start more quickly.
The CBO testimony acknowledges that "there is a small possibility that even relatively modest warming could trigger abrupt and unforeseen effects during the 21st century that could result in large economic costs in the United States".
There are many reasonable possibilities: a modest rise in the retirement age, to reflect increases in health and longevity; a rise in the cap on wages subject to the payroll tax, which now cuts out at ninety thousand dollars a year; adding a bit to the progressivity of the benefits.
They talked about going to a pizza parlor when the weather improved -- a modest excursion that meant anticipation, possibility.
Mr Abbott denied it, saying he discussed with Mr Wilkie only the possibility of "a modest increase in our refugee intake for people who came in through proper channels, not by boat".
However, after normalization for IDV concentrations, insulin sensitivity improved in the AG condition, leaving open the possibility of a modest effect on glucose metabolism.
There is the possibility that a modest role of intervention in improving service outcomes could be due to a type II error, resulting from an inadequate number of districts (we chose two CDs against four IDs).
The latter possibility of a modest effect is supported by the positive reporting with respect to satisfaction with the intervention and a tendency toward a dose response effect from participants who stayed in the group until the study period ended.
Second, there is the possibility that a modest role of intervention in improving service outcomes could be due to a type 2 error, resulting from inadequate number of districts (budgetary limitations would not allow to expand intervention to more districts) to ensure enough power of the study to ascertain greater effect of the intervention in the observed changes in the service outcomes.
However, we observed a not statistically significant 7%to9%9% reduction in mortality risk associated with the use of regional anesthesia alone compared with general anesthesia, which does not permit the ruling out of the possibility of a modest beneficial effect in the routine care of patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.
While Senate leaders explored the possibility of passing a modest improvement to the national background-check system for firearm buyers, House leaders insisted that the fate of any changes lay in the president's hands.
