Word: lukewarm
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Even so, by 1942 a coalition of conservative Republicans and Democrats was attempting to dismantle the mechanisms of the New Deal, such as the National Resources Planning Board. The House Un-American Activities Committee began a campaign to link liberalism with communism, suggesting that liberals were not simply lukewarm about capitalism but were actively plotting to upend it. Brinkley, a professor of American history at Columbia University, suggests that the compromises made by New Dealers in the early '40s--backing down on their antimonopolism and support of industrial "planning"--explain in part why "modern American liberalism has proved...
...problem began last Tuesday when students complained about the lukewarm water in their showers...
...result, the showers in Daniels went from lukewarm to ice-cold...
Many Republicans in California have not embraced Huffington. He got a lukewarm reception at a recent G.O.P. state convention, although they appreciate his deep pockets. Many are suspicious of his decision to run for the Senate after scarcely eight months in the House and fear that he may grab at the presidency with the same restlessness. So far, Dannemeyer has refused to promise the usual endorsement of the winner. A month ago, Barney Klinger, a wealthy Republican industrialist who has entertained Nixon and Reagan in his house, held a fund raiser that made $100,000 -- for Feinstein. Says Klinger: "Michael...
...even the First Lady seems entirely willing to get with the program. In a press conference last week, she was lukewarm toward the Mitchell plan that her husband had endorsed, pointedly preferring the Gephardt proposal. At a private meeting with House Democrats earlier this week on trade issues, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen was asked how much influence he had with the Clintons on health-care strategy. Bentsen held his thumb and forefinger about an eighth of an inch apart, shrugged and steered the conversation back to free-trade legislation. Says a House Democrat: "There is a sense of complete chaos...