Whether this will improve on the program's modest achievements, though, is anyone's guess.

In fact, no one can foretell whether a given innovation will end up a big business or a modest achievement.

The whole trip had taken under an hour, and they felt a sense of modest achievement.

A more modest achievement would be keeping their quarterback alive.

These were more than mere modest achievements for a mid-size city with a limited appeal to fans across the nation.

But in contrast to the situation on Monday, the records set yesterday were modest achievements.

Although his time of 59:43 was quick, it seemed a relatively modest achievement given the tactical running and the race's historically fast times.

If the new liberals have their way, the law cannot be credited even with such a modest achievement.

It is an opera of modest ambition and modest achievement.

China's space program is conducted largely in secret, and Japan's modest achievements don't make headlines.