Meanwhile, that state within a state continues its relentless post-9/11 expansion, as it officially girds itself for the eternal fight against a single threat to American "safety," one that holds only the most modest of actual dangers for Americans: terrorism.
However, by his last years, he was seen more favorably, and Judge Becker considered Stroud to be modest, no longer a danger to society, with a genuine love for birds.
As scientists who study sea level change and storm surge, we fear that Hurricane Sandy gave only a modest preview of the dangers to come, as we continue to power our global economy by burning fuels that pollute the air with heat-trapping gases.
Manufacturers focused on more modest improvements, saying removing all dangers was impossible.
And with Washington policymakers busy raising taxes and cutting government spending, there's always a danger that even the modest recovery we have seen could be extinguished.
But to judge by their continuing excitement two days later, some of the MPs who voted to restore the two wronged chairmen are in danger of letting a modest victory go to their heads.
Scientists said the object with the awesome gravitational power to consume matter in its neighborhood was still far enough away and of modest enough strength to pose no danger, even if it might inspire another cosmic-killer movie from Hollywood.
Two reports published in the March issue of The Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that the dangers of radio wave interference with implanted medical devices are real but modest, and that cellphones in hospitals present no danger at all.
It's part of the modest payback for months of drudgery and danger.
Late last Friday Pruitt snuck out his decision to block implementation of a modest regulation aimed at reducing the real danger that an accident, natural disaster, or sabotage at a U.S. chemical plant could kill thousands of people.
