Word: lukewarm
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...That 67% matches a February sounding for the most optimistic reading in seven years; as recently as December 1982 the figure was only 35%. Indeed, the improvement is so great that 51 % now consider the state of the nation to be generally "good." While that might seem a rather lukewarm endorsement, it ties February for the highest degree of satisfaction expressed by poll respondents in Yankelovich soundings for TIME going back...
...Mary Lou Retton. The spectators even booed marks they did not consider high enough for the East bloc visitors. Such evenhandedness was not lost on those Rumanians who had competed in 1980 in Moscow, where Soviet crowds applauded loudly for their own performers but were at best lukewarm to other competitors, even when they excelled...
...potentially dangerous bank failure. Moreover, the FDIC stressed that its ownership of Continental is temporary; it intends to sell out as soon as the bank is healthy once again. That process may take several years, however. After the rescue plan was announced, the White House issued a lukewarm statement supporting...
Peres also received a lukewarm response wherever he went. On a walking tour through Rishon LeZion, a Tel Aviv suburb, he exchanged a few polite words with those he met, but no one greeted...
Many in the Mondale camp are lukewarm about Senator Bentsen, whose campaign style is soporific at best, though Georgia Party Chairman Bert Lance made a strong case for him when he visited Mondale. He warns, "If Mondale can't win the South, he can't be elected President." Another strong contender from the South is Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers, who is expected to visit North Oaks in early July. Governor Mario Cuomo of New York, once considered a possibility, has firmly removed himself from consideration; he will, however, give the keynote speech at the convention...