Possible Clues:

• Number methods probed by lawyer currently
• No methods are without publicity in these times
• ''There's a downswing,'' say worriedly, ''at the moment''
• After objection, means to include small advertisement in our Times
• Gestures of respect
• No state of confusion voiced around Washington at present
• The present time
• In the 21st century
• In the modern times
• No streets for a daughter to enter currently