Naumann walked me through the modest forward-operations center, nicknamed the Bull Pen, where rows of U.S. troops (I wasn't allowed to cite how many men, or even how many rows) monitor big screens and computers that track, live, what the drones see and what the airstrikes do.
This is a modest step forward.
He says Hunt's proposals represent a modest step forward.
The Senate bill, though weaker than computer users deserve, would be a modest step forward.
Since the worst human rights abuses are often by local authorities, that would be a modest step forward.
Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, called the deal "a modest step forward" in dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
WICKENDEN: Jeff, a columnist in the Guardian argues that, given the constraints imposed by Congress on the Guantánamo detainees, the military prosecutions actually represent a modest step forward.
While American Jewish leaders characterized Mr. Rouhani's remarks as a modest step forward, they remained deeply skeptical of Iran's intentions and its readiness to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
After growing consumer complaints about hidden fees and other tricks of the credit card trade, the rules proposed by the Federal Reserve on Friday to deal with unfair or deceptive practices are a modest step forward.
Top Of The Glas is 0/3 over hurdles so far but it's been a couple of months since we saw him and even a modest step forward would make him hard to beat in this company.
