modicum

The work also gives the volunteers a modicum of civic control in a city where they often see too much lawlessness — from graffiti to open-air drug use.

The expulsion to Mexico shattered a family that had attained a modicum — perhaps an illusion — of stability in California.

The argument for the GHF system is that it is better than nothing, that it provides a modicum of food aid and can be expanded.

Highlights include The Curse, a stadium-sized ballad about using alcohol as an emotional crutch; and closing track The Deep Blue Okay, where she eventually finds a modicum of inner peace.

“I am sure there has been a modicum of due diligence done by the county — but say it to us at least,” he said.