Every voter with a modicum of experience in real-world economics gets that central economic fact.
But this year's The X Factor styling has baffled not only the mums and dads of Britain, but every viewer with the slightest modicum of fashion awareness.
The watchword for the conference is balance: nothing flashy, but at least a modicum of progress on every issue.
"Every chancellor who's had some modicum of success had some sort of educational vision from the get-go".
Although she is pregnant and has back problems, when I met her Maria was taking her kids on the 90-minute, three-bus journey back to their school in Westminster every morning, just to retain a modicum of stability.
Given the impact of modern technology, the unlimited growth and material resources and surplus wealth, it is possible to ensure that every man, woman and child experience a modicum of economic welfare.
At every turn, I have to prove some modicum or aspect of how black I am to some chosen authority.
In a world wide web filled with righteous indignation about every goddamned slight a person with a modicum of success commits, why are people only now paying attention to Allen's crimes?
The Presidency was, and has been ever since, an impossibly large task, and anyone who has approached the office with even a modicum of humility that is to say, most every President up to now—has done so in emulation of Washington.
But the fact is that in every one of those instances, the celebrity had a modicum of sympathy.
