Word: lukewarm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Vorenberg said that at the time the group made efforts to have certain reforms instituted, particularly in hiring, but it "got a lukewarm reception from the city manager (then John J. Curry...
...points with hope to the fact that both far left and right share a distaste for the electronic invaders. But his reliance on the public may be too optimistic. As he indicates elsewhere in the book, public concern has blown hot over subliminal advertising, but has been only lukewarm in other areas. It shows no real sign of having changed...
...grey-shingled cottage on the Lake Winnipesaukee estate of his friend Mormon Motel Magnate J. Willard Marriott, he spent four busy days testing the political waters in New Hampshire, well ahead of the state's primary on March 12, 1968. He found the waters at best lukewarm...
...Governors could disagree with Rockefeller's sentiment. Yet McCall apparently feared that unless they delayed, the Governors would find themselves inextricably locked in with Romney-though, in fact, the Michigander to date has hardly succeeded in turning the key. More than one Governor appears lukewarm on Romney. Even before he put the letter in the mail, McCall had enthusiastic pledges of support from such bright, attractive moderates as Pennsylvania's Raymond Shafer, Maryland's Spiro Agnew and New Mexico's David Cargo...
Ready & Waiting. The impact of three deaths aboard a "bird" raised anew the question of whether the conquest of space is really worth the cost -in lives or in money. Congressional support has been relatively lukewarm recently, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials considered themselves lucky to get a $5.05 billion budget proposal from the President this year...