Then came a promise that his side would fight harder than ever to win it back, and there was not a modicum of doubt in anyone's mind that he meant it.
Essential qualifications: good writer in the 800-900 word form, range of interests, political independence (from individuals and parties, not ideologies), modicum of wit, capacity for self-criticism and changes of mind.
While all sysadmins should have some modicum of understanding of network security, it takes a special kind of mind to really account for security in depth.
Yet there was always at least the hope that a bit more knowledge might save the day, a modicum of faith in the power of the mind to vanquish monsters.
Never mind that I (or anyone with a modicum of tech-savvy) could spoof my IP address with my hands tied behind my back.
It slays time, it keeps the mind and body occupied, it gives you a modicum of freedom and, if one is in the kitchen, access to a smoking area out back from which the street is only yards away.
He'd tried YouTube, but it required a modicum of technical expertise, as well as sincerity and a crusading mind-set; if YouTube was for student-council types who wanted everyone to divest from Sodastream, Vine was the sniggering truant who gave you a noogie as he raced by.
His characteristically secular world view belonged to an era of quiet assimilation, or, more accurately, accommodation (which includes a modicum of deference), when German Jews had become, at least in their own minds, well integrated into German society.
It was unclear whether government officials had changed their minds or whether the police moves were an attempt to show the government could exert a modicum of control over the capital after the chaos of recent days.
Establishing that modicum of trust took years.
