In America, we share a dream that lies at the heart of our founding: that no matter who you are, no matter what you look like, no matter how modest your beginnings or the circumstances of your birth, you can make it if you try.
Three years into the Berlusconi government, there has been no pension reform, limited debt reduction, only modest privatisation and no growth-inducing jolts on either the demand or the supply side.
If a 754 election had been in effect, there would have been a lower flow-through of gain from the partnership and a modest or no gain or loss on liquidation.
All of this combines to make these works, particularly the landscapes, specially appealing to eyes educated by modernism eyes that have no difficulty accepting these modest paintings as complete, just as they are.
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After all, in the two battery incidents reported, there was no overcharging, only modest damage occurred within two feet of the battery, and all airplane systems other than the battery functioned as intended.
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They wear no make-up, modest cotton pants and stained, worn jackets.
Today's Erector Sets are quite modest alongside Model No. 10.
The couple also plan to buy a holiday home in Cyprus, but Mr Lisk has no plans to swap his modest Citroen C3 car because he is "happy with it".
In his generally favourable review, the New York Times' A O Scott describes the film as "a stripped-down, modest enterprise in which no major American city is reduced to rubble".
For all our belief in humility, for all the veneration of the modest and supposedly modest, there is no visual in sports quite as satisfying as the called shot the athlete who says he or she will go out and do it, and then does it.
Despite a relatively modest cost, however, no money has yet been forthcoming to fund the experiment.
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Yet his rises in petrol and other road fuel duties were modest, and he announced no environmental innovations.
It's no wonder that the nominees have been modest and circumspect about their chances, nobody more so than Affleck.
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Measures indicating that well-being stalls beyond a certain modest level of affluence take no account of rising expectations, which are a virtue in themselves.
Financial pros say parents can accomplish similar financial goals with a cheaper option, such as a low-fee or no-fee credit card with a modest spending limit.
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Since the original internal market programme delivered such relatively modest results, there is no particular reason to suppose that the Lisbon agenda will be any more effective.
When you have finished your touring, you drop-off the vehicle at the factory outside of Gothenburg (no charge) or, for a modest fee, at one of 20 spots throughout Europe.
While I believe the U.S. remains poised for modest growth in 2013 (assuming no policymaker-induced calamities), much of the emerging world is better positioned.
It's getting a modest 400-screen release and virtually no marketing push, so go soon.
He has had some modest success, but to date, no one has taken any action.
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She has no male companion (Barbie has Ken) and modest clothing that covers her knees and shoulders.
Most economists are forecasting similar modest growth for this year, though no less an authority than Alan Greenspan placed the odds of a recession in the next year at one-in-three.
The strongest relationship of all appears to be the one Mr. Christie shared with his mother, a straight-talking Democrat who had no tolerance for complaints from her children about their modest circumstances.
The left-hander acknowledged that after seeing the life their own bowlers had extracted from the pitch, he and opening partner Brown had been in no mood to hang about as they chased a modest target of 116.
His goal is a seemingly modest 15% return each year, with no losing years.
In 1991, he arranged for police officers to be offered a loan at a modest 4% interest rate, and with no down-payment, when they move into a home within the city.
But that still leaves him facing an election next year, with no prop to his popularity save for hopes of a modest rise in economic growth, from 3.5% last year to perhaps 4.5% this year.
But how to stand out in a category no one really wants to hear about--and with a modest ad budget?
In more recent data from the Census Bureau, there was no growth in upper income levels in the past year and a modest decline below.
Despite the fact that SAS grants no stock options and a bonus program that can be described as modest at best, the Institute has an incredibly low turnover rate.
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