The Supreme Court has taken modest steps to address the matter.
Raúl Castro has launched a wide-ranging public debate on the economy, and is taking modest steps towards more reliance on market mechanisms.
But Syria, like Libya, is a rare case where we can take modest steps that stand a good chance of accelerating the fall of a dictator.
But in the past China has taken modest steps to support a tougher line when North Korea has tested nuclear weapons or missiles, defying international commitments.
Manager Joe Torre praised Mattingly's game plan last night; Mattingly had implored the Yankees to be patient against Tim Hudson and take modest steps.
For starters, the Fed could take modest steps, like shifting its portfolio toward bonds with longer maturities, which would help to keep long-term rates low and nudge investors into riskier investments.
What we can do instead is take modest steps, in areas where culture and economics intersect, to make it easier for working-class Americans to cultivate the virtues that foster resilience and self-sufficiency.
One shortcoming of the Copenhagen Consensus Center Report is that it only considers one scenario in which we take modest steps to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, and uses only one integrated assessment model.
And we have come to expect Labor to take modest steps on social issues that don't push the boundaries too far – it would have been courageous for Labor to support same-sex marriage a decade ago; it is not now.
But while a bill that senators approved last week would take modest steps toward that goal, it would also provide billions of dollars in tax breaks — for automakers, airlines, alternative energy producers and other struggling industries, as well as home builders.
