Sentence examples for modest initiatives from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, the administration has taken some modest initiatives in Latin America.

His proposals would do no better in Congress, where even modest initiatives face intense Republican resistance.

In their place were modest initiatives, such as hiring preferences for military spouses.

Meanwhile, the Tea Partiers have seen their modest initiatives hugely magnified and therefore expanded by major media.

Longer term, as markets and exchanges consolidate, such rules should converge on a European-wide benchmark.Rainbow regulationEven such modest initiatives as these, however, are difficult.

Even Mrs. Whitman's modest initiatives today -- none of which Mr. DiFrancesco said he was committed to -- drew harsh rejoinders from some lawmakers and other critics.

The bill is a modest initiative.

This is a modest initiative, but it is the latest in a difficult global battle against food waste.

Senator Kerry is anticipating — or, at least, hoping for — bipartisan support and a nod from the Obama administration for this more modest initiative.

Their efforts were largely trounced by the intense lobbying of gun rights groups, which declined to support a modest initiative to expand criminal background checks for gun buyers.

That means a tiny saving for the BBC by cutting staffing on an already financially modest initiative that punched well above its weight.