The Swiss-based World Economic Forum ranks Egypt a modest 70th out of 133 countries in competitiveness, but in terms of the quality of its primary education system and its mathematics-and-science teaching, it slumps to 124th.
City on the other hand had been back in the First Division for a season, finishing a modest 15th out of 22.
In advance of the consumer price report, most economists were forecasting that because of declines in energy prices, the key inflation measure would show a modest two-tenths of a percent rise for February.
In advance of the consumer price figures, most Wall Street economists were projecting that the consumer price index rose by a relatively modest three-tenths of a percentage point last month.
In addition, the Commerce Department reported a 4.2percentt increase in the first-quarter gross domestic product, but that gain was tempered by a modest nine-tenths of a percent rise in a key inflation indicator, the price deflator.
A report that showed the Consumer Price Index rose by a modest three-tenths of a percentage point in November helped send up bond prices early in the session.
It encompasses both an elaborately decorated book of 20th-century Coptic Christian readings and a modest 19th-century printing of the Gospels in the African language Grebo.
Severely elevated levels of total homocysteine (approximately millimolar) in the blood typify the childhood disease homocystinuria, whereas modest levels (tens of micromolar) are commonly found in adults who are at increased risk for vascular disease and stroke.
A modest two-way flow of products saw Uighur traders buy wool and leather goods, clothing, and cutlery and sell tea, hides, electrical equipment, and silk to the Pakistanis.
At that moment, Estrada, 34, was 250 miles past the border, in central California, staying in the modest two-bedroom bungalow of a half sister and brother-in-law she barely knew.
