For Russia, clearing away the debt issue was a milestone in making its return to Vietnam -- however modest -- possible, the diplomat said.
Hollande, who calls himself an ordinary guy, had been keen to keep the pomp-filled presidential inauguration as modest as possible and set himself apart from the unpopular glitz of Sarkozy.
There is still no question that Mr. Corzine is not in Vermont or Minnesota, and would do well to put the most modest face possible on his ambitious proposals -- with price tags that a recent New York Times analysis placed at $20 to $40 billion for health insurance, $70 billion for expanded Medicare coverage and $55 billion for education.
If you have chosen the most modest options possible but still feel uncomfortable with the amount of skin left exposed, you could also wear nude pantyhose over your legs and beneath the costume.
These are, if such is possible, modest manifestos.
In fact, Mr. Hicks recently told his investors that more modest returns were possible.
This modest performance was possible because these funds did not dabble much, if at all, in risky areas of the market, said Jeff Tjornehoj, senior research analyst for Lipper.
Continued modest increases are possible, but another increase like the one seen in the late 1990s and early 2000s isn't likely, due in part to demographic factors such as Mexico's ageing workforce.
Legislative leaders hope to dash calls for an increase in the sales tax, but local officials say the state may have to see a modest rise.A possible hedge for many states is money from the giant tobacco settlement.
It got off to a dull start, rising 14percentthehe first day it traded, and even that modest lift was possible only because the company placed its shares at the bottom of the price range it mentioned when it filed to go public.
