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    But was there really no third party deserving of even a modicum of credit?†  (source)
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    It would be easy to stereotype Christopher McCandless as another boy who felt too much, a loopy young man who read too many books and lacked even a modicum of common sense.†  (source)
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    In her view, people, even if they had behaved deplorably in life, deserved a modicum of dignity in death.†  (source)
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    True, he had not felt it when the diary had been destroyed, but he had thought that was because he had no body to fell, being less than ghost...No, surely, the rest were safe...The other Horcruxes must be intact...But he must know, he must be sure...He paced the room, kicking aside the goblin's corpse as he passed, and the pictures blurred and burned in his boiling brain: the lake, the shack, and Hogwarts — A modicum of calm cooled his rage now.†  (source)
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    If I thought there was one modicum of sense in what you are saying I might bother to engage with you in this discussion.†  (source)
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    Cedric clears his throat, recovering a modicum of poise.†  (source)
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    Julie led him to one of several at the far end, where he would have at least a modicum of privacy.†  (source)
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    A teacher should display at least a modicum of interest in his own lessons.†  (source)
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    There were dozens of these circular alcoves, each lined with a stone bench and provided with a velvet curtain that could be pulled closed to provide a modicum of privacy.†  (source)
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    Langdon had expected a modicum of sanity from the Architect of the Capitol, but now it seemed Warren Bellamy was no more rational than the madman claiming Peter was in purgatory.†  (source)
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    As a result of such apathy, the countryside had maintained more than a modicum of autonomy and freedom.†  (source)
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    In the waning light, the Varden settled on a series of cultivated fields just southeast of Dras-Leona, where the land rose up to a slight plateau, which would provide them with a modicum of protection should the enemy charge their position.†  (source)
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    If you happen to be a responsible citizen who feels a modicum of Christian concern for his unfortunate brothers, you try to mobilize public sentiment, you write letters, make phonecalls, talk to your fellow Elks.†  (source)
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