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The closing contributed to a financial nightmare for the company, which only last season began a modest comeback.

Seattle, which has nowhere near the kind of foreclosure problem other cities have, began a modest program last month offering loans of up to $5,000 to help a few dozen homeowners avoid losing their homes.

And the report said that Taiwan began a "modest land reclamation effort" on Itu Aba island last year, and has reclaimed about five acres (two hectares) near the island's airstrip.

The market began a modest recovery, but by 1973 and 1974 it headed back to new lows and few wanted to talk about buying stocks.

From the January 1906 Dow Jones Industrial Average high of 103, the market began a modest correction that would continue throughout the year.

California began a modest experiment 27 years ago, privatizing a portion of foster care in the belief that it would better serve children and be less expensive.

Only recently did Washington begin a modest training program for the Syrian opposition that has reportedly yielded some limited benefits to opposition forces.

Before the disclosure of Mr. Hu's trip, Goldman Sachs said that China seemed increasingly likely to allow the renminbi to begin a modest appreciation in the next three months.

His speech is intended to begin a modest rapprochement between the two countries, with officials acknowledging there remains an "impasse" on many major issues.

It was believed to be the deadliest helicopter crash in the nearly decade-long war, punctuating a surge of violence across the country even as American and NATO forces begin a modest drawdown of troops.

Reynolds-Peterson, who has begun a modest phone campaign to convince members of the news media that Reynolds deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown, N.Y., is also hoping voters will consider that he was the first American Leaguer to pitch two no-hitters in one season and had fewer wins than he might have had because he willingly relieved for Manager Casey Stengel, who called him "two times great".