Word: lukewarm
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...Bush's Lukewarm Welcome Though every new President gets something of a honeymoon with his constituency, George Bush's debut as Chief Executive will be marked more by cool realism than by warm affection. The TIME/CNN survey conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman last week showed that the dearth of popular enthusiasm that dogged Campaign '88 has persisted. Now it focuses on Bush and Dan Quayle...
Even when Dukakis finally gave his lukewarm endorsement of liberal principles, he had to qualify it--I might be a liberal, he said, but I can balance budgets. That argument reinforces the idea that liberals are sappy but warmhearted people incapable of competent fiscal management--an unusual accusation to shy away from in light of the Reagan-Bush administration's incredible fiscal irresponsibility over the past eight years...
Western intelligence experts remain puzzled by the maneuver. Although Chebrikov apparently played a pivotal role in bringing Gorbachev to power in 1985, his recent public statements suggested that he was lukewarm about too much glasnost. If Chebrikov's new job makes him a watchdog over the activities of the Soviet security forces, his position may have been strengthened. On the other hand, as the Central Committee's new law-and-order secretary, he must deliver on Politburo promises to turn the Soviet Union into a nation "governed by law." Otherwise, he could be trampled in the next leadership shuffle...
After an initially lukewarm endorsement, in which his bumbling mispronunciation of Bush's name fueled rumors that he subconsciously resented the Vice President's candidacy, Reagan has become the most ardent of campaigners. He is convinced, aides say, that the first 100 days of a Dukakis Administration would leave the Reagan legacy in ruins. Said a White House aide: "The President is getting in there and mixing it up; this campaign is sugar for his metabolism...
...around the planet in 1993 to collect data on climate and geology. And while President Reagan agreed at the recent Moscow summit to a cautious joint communique describing "scientific missions to the moon and Mars" as "areas of possible bilateral and international cooperation," the Administration has been at best lukewarm to the concept of exploring Mars, jointly or otherwise...