Word: halfheartedness
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Almost a year has passed since Reagan deftly outflanked a congressional sanctions bill by imposing limited trade restrictions on South Africa. Yet little has happened to indicate that the Administration's trade restraints and quiet diplomacy have met with any success. Botha's halfhearted gestures at reform have been upstaged...
Such charges have inevitably followed successful women and probably will until female bosses outnumber males. Goldberg makes a halfhearted attempt to portray Bourke-White as a feminist heroine, but concedes "she often acted in ways no self-respecting feminist could approve." Indeed. Impediments to her work regularly aroused hysterics and...
Quite a few other Democrats seemed to agree. While only 46 voted for the Republican package in April, 73 crossed the line last week. G.O.P. defections were cut in half, to seven. Said Minority Leader Robert Michel: "It was a good win, and we're grateful for it." House Speaker...
But Stirling's modernism was muted in the 1970s, when British avant-garde architects adopted the American and Italian nostalgia for architectural "references" and ornamentation. In a few buildings designed with Partner Michael Wilford, Stirling made halfhearted concessions to historicism. His first completed U.S. commission, Rice University's 1981 School...
The reasons for Sony's switch have been clear for some time As the market for audio and video equipment has grown more crowded sales of Sony's higher-priced goods have slowed. Meanwhile, the company's ventures into new markets, like personal computers, have seemed sluggish...