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Yet even the Dow's modest gain was a result of a 3 percent increase in one stock, United Technologies.

Even this modest gain was due not to any Rooseveltian or Trumanian social reform but merely to the fact that for some years there was a war on and workers were in demand, whether black, white, or violet.

Iran's OPEC minister said the cartel plans to prevent a decreasing trend in prices at its September meeting, but the primary driver of the modest gain was the currency trade, with the dollar in flux.

Even that modest gain is not very meaningful.

The modest gain is a welcome relief from January, when durable good orders sank more than 9%.

One simple explanation is that very little of the modest gain is actually the result of new compounds discovered and marketed recently.

But the modest gains were erased as the stock market rallied from its lows.

Some of the biggest (although still modest) gains were in professional and technical services, leisure and hospitality, and health care.

Exceptions to the trend of foreign losses were found in Latin America and in Asia, in countries other than Japan where modest gains were seen.

The weak outlook for consumer confidence comes in the face of a rebounding stock market and underscores challenges retailers face as they prepare for a holiday shopping season in which only modest gains are expected.

One recent initiative that led to modest gains is the Talent Development High School model (Kemple et al.2005).2005