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This a great victory for workers who have the courage to join together and organize in a system that is currently stacked heavily in favor of employers like Tesla who have no qualms about violating the law, while we celebrate the justice in today's ruling by an increasingly pro-worker The NLRB, it also nevertheless highlights the substantial flaws in U.S. labor law. Here is a company that clearly took numerous aggressive and unlawful steps to block workers' rights, and yet it is more than four years down the road before workers see a modicum of justice. – United Auto Workers	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This agreement is the only modicum of safety that is available for anyone that steps foot into Chicago Public Schools. – Davis Gates	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Why in the world anyone would look at an interview with George as being anything enlightening or having a modicum of truth, I don't know, but that's just me. – John Schneider	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We're more' Alice in Wonderland' than we are House of Representatives. Because whether you agree that he needs to be impeached or not, do you not think there needs to be a modicum of process and rights ? – Doug Collins	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Next week U.S.-China trade talks remain the unknown variable which could lend a modicum of support. – Stephen Innes	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Fed backstop and the report of the U.S. Navy shooting down an Iranian drone are providing a modicum of support for oil markets amidst a very bearish landscape. – Stephen Innes	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny. – Walter E. Williams	added by Normando 4 years ago
Missile Defense Review states that North Korea has yet to achieve the capability to credibly threaten the Kingston Reif homeland. North Korea has not conducted enough tests to establish confidence in a reliable, working missile. But we have to assume that North Korea has a nuclear-armed ICBM that could strike the Kingston Reif, even if the missile only have a 50 % chance of hitting a major Kingston Reif city, that's enough to establish a modicum of deterrence. – Kingston Reif	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Missile Defense Review states that North Korea has yet to achieve the capability to credibly threaten the United States homeland. North Korea has not conducted enough tests to establish confidence in a reliable, working missile. But we have to assume that North Korea has a nuclear-armed ICBM that could strike the United States, even if the missile only have a 50 % chance of hitting a major United States city, that's enough to establish a modicum of deterrence. – United States	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We’re going to test this very carefully based not on trust, based on specific steps, so far, it is showing a modicum of promise which, hopefully, we can complete. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The reality is that the energy sector continues to be a catalyst for concern. So for today's market, if oil gives us any modicum of stabilization, I think the overall market could be relatively flat to up today. – Philip Blancato	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is a normal garden variety correction, with levels that set the playing field a little bit, the reality is that the energy sector continues to be a catalyst for concern. So for today's market, if oil gives us any modicum of stabilization, I think the overall market could be relatively flat to up today. – Philip Blancato	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We're not asking a lot of the president. We're simply asking what the French president has, for a modicum of urgency, a modicum of commitment, and it has never been there, it isn't there now, and it's not going to happen between now and the day he leaves office. – Charles Krauthammer	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
A modicum of consideration for your fellow travelers can go a very long way and may ultimately enhance your overall travel experience. – John Morrey	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
When she came forward and went public, it attracted other people, and the other five plaintiffs to also have a modicum of confidence to discuss what had happened to them. – Carney Shegerian	Found on CNN 9 years ago
There is a modicum of crossover money that didn't expect the situation to deteriorate so quickly and they could exert further technical pressures, it is not a problem Petrobras can solve overnight, but there will be some good opportunities to add. – Latin American	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I can only wish Mr. Killen peace at this juncture in his life. ... If he can achieve a modicum of peace, I wish that for him. – James Chaney	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? – Dick Clark	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law – Dick Clark	added by anonymous 14 years ago

This a great victory for workers who have the courage to join together and organize in a system that is currently stacked heavily in favor of employers like Tesla who have no qualms about violating the law, while we celebrate the justice in today's ruling by an increasingly pro-worker The NLRB, it also nevertheless highlights the substantial flaws in U.S. labor law. Here is a company that clearly took numerous aggressive and unlawful steps to block workers' rights, and yet it is more than four years down the road before workers see a modicum of justice.

– United Auto Workers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This agreement is the only modicum of safety that is available for anyone that steps foot into Chicago Public Schools.

– Davis Gates

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Why in the world anyone would look at an interview with George as being anything enlightening or having a modicum of truth, I don't know, but that's just me.

– John Schneider

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're more' Alice in Wonderland' than we are House of Representatives. Because whether you agree that he needs to be impeached or not, do you not think there needs to be a modicum of process and rights ?

– Doug Collins

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Next week U.S.-China trade talks remain the unknown variable which could lend a modicum of support.

– Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Fed backstop and the report of the U.S. Navy shooting down an Iranian drone are providing a modicum of support for oil markets amidst a very bearish landscape.

– Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny.

– Walter E. Williams

added by Normando
4 years ago

Missile Defense Review states that North Korea has yet to achieve the capability to credibly threaten the Kingston Reif homeland. North Korea has not conducted enough tests to establish confidence in a reliable, working missile. But we have to assume that North Korea has a nuclear-armed ICBM that could strike the Kingston Reif, even if the missile only have a 50 % chance of hitting a major Kingston Reif city, that's enough to establish a modicum of deterrence.

– Kingston Reif

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Missile Defense Review states that North Korea has yet to achieve the capability to credibly threaten the United States homeland. North Korea has not conducted enough tests to establish confidence in a reliable, working missile. But we have to assume that North Korea has a nuclear-armed ICBM that could strike the United States, even if the missile only have a 50 % chance of hitting a major United States city, that's enough to establish a modicum of deterrence.

– United States

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We’re going to test this very carefully based not on trust, based on specific steps, so far, it is showing a modicum of promise which, hopefully, we can complete.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The reality is that the energy sector continues to be a catalyst for concern. So for today's market, if oil gives us any modicum of stabilization, I think the overall market could be relatively flat to up today.

– Philip Blancato

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a normal garden variety correction, with levels that set the playing field a little bit, the reality is that the energy sector continues to be a catalyst for concern. So for today's market, if oil gives us any modicum of stabilization, I think the overall market could be relatively flat to up today.

– Philip Blancato

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're not asking a lot of the president. We're simply asking what the French president has, for a modicum of urgency, a modicum of commitment, and it has never been there, it isn't there now, and it's not going to happen between now and the day he leaves office.

– Charles Krauthammer

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

A modicum of consideration for your fellow travelers can go a very long way and may ultimately enhance your overall travel experience.

– John Morrey

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

When she came forward and went public, it attracted other people, and the other five plaintiffs to also have a modicum of confidence to discuss what had happened to them.

– Carney Shegerian

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There is a modicum of crossover money that didn't expect the situation to deteriorate so quickly and they could exert further technical pressures, it is not a problem Petrobras can solve overnight, but there will be some good opportunities to add.

– Latin American

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I can only wish Mr. Killen peace at this juncture in his life. ... If he can achieve a modicum of peace, I wish that for him.

– James Chaney

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

– Dick Clark

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law

– Dick Clark

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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