Word: lukewarm
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...third and final debate last night Vice President Al Gore '69 came back into his own after a lukewarm performance Oct. 11. Returning to his strengths--an impressive knowledge of the issues and an ability to differentiate himself from his opponent--Gore made sure that voters came away from the debates with a firm sense that he had the most control over substance. In this "town hall" style debate the contrast between the two candidates was very apparent. Gore was in the lead from the beginning of the debate: He made comparisons voters could understand while being sufficiently specific...
Anyone still smarting from being left off Vanity Fair's "It" list can surely commiserate with Janey Wilcox. The lead character in the first of the four novellas that make up Candace Bushnell's 4 Blondes (Atlantic Monthly Press; 245 pages; $24) is a former model and "lukewarm" celebrity with "the kind of hair that made people look twice" and "a soft, girlish voice that despite her stunning face and figure...was really her secret weapon." But behind the white teeth and fake breasts is a woman in turmoil. In her early 30s, she is single, past her modeling prime...
...ignorance again. Of course, if the trustees had really wanted to show Knight who's boss, they would have made his presence at Monday's press conference part of his punishment; sitting there, facing the press, Knight would have had to answer the tough questions. Instead, he issued a lukewarm statement of apology and stayed the hell out of the fray...
...many students' response to the group was lukewarm...
...film's publicist asked me what I thought, and playing it safe, I replied with the aforementioned catch-all phrase. She said that was everybody's reaction to the film so far, nobody zealously praising its merit or damning it straight to video release. The reason for the lukewarm reaction is that The Virgin Suicides has a character crisis. Lacking a central protagonist, the film keeps the viewer detached . There is no character that the audience can latch on to or place its empathy with. There are the five Lisbon sisters, their two parents, the numerous neighborhood admirers, the unidentified...