1.   Although the two men seemed unable to establish a personal rapport, their teams of advisers achieved their modest goal of sidestepping problems and maintaining a cordial tone.

2.   And on Friday, Clinton described a far more modest goal.

3.   Arnott, meanwhile, is plugging along with a modest two goals and three assists in a third-line role with the Devils after nine games.

4.   B.R. Guest is the closest thing New York has to a major Hollywood studio turning out big-budget popular films with modest artistic goals.

5.   Beyond that, Printers has a few modest goals.

6.   But a small but persistent group of advocates for the shepherds say that modest goals for shepherds should not be compromised.

7.   But in the beginning, the restaurant, Black Dog Tavern, had modest goals.

8.   But now she fears that even that modest goal will remain out of reach, and that he will think she abused him, a charge she vehemently denies.

9.   But she added that she was still working on the more modest goals of encouraging more women on Medicare to get mammograms and addressing the illnesses of military veterans.

10.   But such modest goals are not always easy for fat people to accept, Foster said.