"April will be modestly better than March," he said.
But the government fared only modestly better, with 54 percent giving it the same dismal marks.
He said July sales were modestly better than in June, while sales in August were significantly better than June's.
The recession has made things tougher for recent graduates, but there is evidence that things are getting modestly better.
NBC finished fourth for the night over all, faring modestly better during the 10 p.m. hour with "Medium" (8.6 million).
Paul Pierce has posted modestly better turnover numbers in this series, likely due to LeBron James' efforts to avoid foul trouble.
The only guaranteed way forward is through technological solutions, and these can't just be modestly better or easier to use than what we have today.
To the Editor: A 2010 Department of Education review found that "students in online learning conditions performed modestly better than those receiving face-to-face instruction".
"Our fourth-quarter performance reflects continued cost control and modestly better than expected advertising volume at The Wall Street Journal," the chief executive, Peter R. Kann, said.
The situation is only modestly better in Sydney, Australia, where the government spends $46 million a year maintaining the sites of the 2000 Olympic Games.
"If we had a different set of constraints, particularly in fiscal policy, then I think that the economic outcome could have been modestly better".
