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...expected and mostly accepted. Get out of Cambridge where 85 percent still voted for Martha Coakley. I hate to perpetuate the Massachusetts-as-foil-for-Texas stereotype, but I’ll take the risk. So drive down through the winding roads of non-urban Texas, where people of modest means have yards the size of parks, where you’ll break a sweat walking to the next door neighbor’s, and where stray cattle wander through neighborhoods...
Benjamin J. Likis ’13, who lives in Carter’s entryway in Canaday, says that Carter is extremely modest about her accomplishments...
...copycat competitors. It couldn't be easier. Apply online - providing less ID than it would take to get a library card - and have it all processed within 24 hours, for little more than $100; Nevada and Delaware will do it all in an hour for $1,000. Then, for modest fees, enjoy the illusion of legitimacy, complete with a telephone listing, receptionist, banking services, shareholders and directors. "The bottom line is we are giving criminals entree into our financial system," says Janice Ayala, deputy assistant secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which leads federal anti-money-laundering efforts...
...analysis by Goldman Sachs suggests that while Ford is expected to gain some market share in the months ahead, Toyota will contribute relatively little. "We continue to view Chrysler and GM as being the largest source of share gains," it states, adding, "We expect a modest gain against foreign brands...
...banking industry and in the auto industry as hurting, rather than helping, the economy’s recovery. According to them, the markets should self-regulate à la Adam Smith’s “invisible hand.” President Obama, owing mostly to his modest roots and his adoption of the philosophy that government has a place in preventing people from exploiting each other has been the visible hand that is regulating the excesses of Wall Street. However, far from decrying this, both Wall Street and the American people should be grateful for Obama?...