Jude supplied reports, I found only a modest increase in lead-related deaths, from 5 to 7.
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This being so, the Saudis might argue at Osaka for a modest increase in quotas.
When seeking multi-billion dollar borrowings, even a modest increase in interest rates can prove problematic.
And the facts are that a modest increase for wealthy individuals is not shown to have an adverse impact on job growth.
House price increases occurred in metropolitan cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, led by Hangzhou, which posted a modest increase of 0.6%.
The policy led to a modest increase in African-American and Hispanic enrollment.
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Mr Hoon described the extra troop deployment as a modest increase, but it comes amidst mounting violence in the south of the country.
There has been a modest increase in investor and trader risk appetite Monday, which is supporting the raw commodity sector, including the precious metals.
RadioShack recently announced its Q2 results with a modest increase in revenues and a significant decline in gross margins over the same period last year.
For 2013, three of the forecasts shown expect non-OPEC supply outside North America to rebound from declines in 2012 to a modest increase in 2013.
There has been a modest increase in investor and trader risk appetite early this week, which supported the raw commodity sector, including the precious metals.
Lord Neill proposes a modest increase in public funding for parties.
The consensus is currently expecting a profit of 89 cents per share from Baidu, a modest increase of about 6% over the same quarter last year.
At present, says Dr Demkowicz, reactors burn only around 1% of their fuel, so even a modest increase in fuel burn would leave less radioactive waste.
Grant Thornton said the data on turnover was more encouraging, with businesses recording a modest increase of 0.8% for the year to the first quarter of 2013.
Shares of heavyweight China Mobile lost 3% in Hong Kong, pulling back from the 52-week high they touched Friday, after reporting only a modest increase in first-quarter profit.
New drilling technologies have led in recent years to a modest increase in U.S. oil production, and over the past two decades, to a six-fold increase in U.S. conventional natural gas production.
Even a modest increase, when multiplied by the 5.4m civil servants who are due to receive it, will add up to a lot more spending on travel, telecoms, clothes and other desirable things.
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But senior folk I have spoken to from at least two of the major ratings agencies do not seem to think a modest increase in borrowing, linked to higher investment, would be a major problem.
You are now hearing respected city economists such as Michael Saunders, who supported Mr Osborne in 2010, suggest that a modest increase in capital spending might be a net positive for the economy, even if it did raise borrowing.
Goldman Sachs Group chief Lloyd Blankfein said macro-economic concerns weighed on the appetites of investors and corporations in the first quarter, but the bank still managed to record a modest increase in revenue and profit from a year ago.
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It sounds impressive, but in fact, a relatively modest increase in a common ailment such as heart attacks is hard to detect clearly.
For folks who are in the top 2 percent, we can afford to have a modest rate increase.
How high must profits go before a modest wage increase isn't raised as a specter of impending corporate doom?
Expectations are for a modest 75, 000 increase in jobs, with the unemployment rate holding at 9.2%.
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However, the study did suggest that a failed attempt to seemed to increase anxiety levels by a modest degree among those who had mood disorders.
Economic growth in 2011 was 2.0%, following a modest 1.0% increase in 2010 and a 3.5% contraction in 2009.
By region, it expects a mid-teens percentage increase in sales in the Americas, a mid-twenties percentage increase in both Asia-Pacific and Europe, and a modest sales decline in Japan.
He welcomed a modest improvement in some figures, pointing to an increase of 33, 000 in the number of people in work since the same time last year.
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Revenues also disappointed Wall Street, with the modest 2% increase coming as the result of a 5% company wide price increase.
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