Word: lukewarm
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...halt for three minutes while the two men talked volubly through an interpreter. The tall, stooped Soviet leader looked more than ever like a Russian zhuravl, or crane, as he bent forward to speak to the diminutive Chinese envoy. By contrast, Andropov's other greetings seemed lukewarm, even toward such friends of the Soviet Union as Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Syrian President Hafez Assad...
...grease and tomato sauce with bean sprouts or broccoli. The pies themselfs are exemplary. Other options are all within a couple hundred yards of the Yard. Harvard Pizza and Pinnochio's for quick service, Uno's for a full meal; deep-dish Chicago-style and Regine's for lukewarm cardboard...
Chafing under inflation and budgetary setbacks, NASA officials took delight in Reagan's presence at Columbia's return from space. Though Reagan has shown only a lukewarm interest in space so far, he is the first President to watch a space landing since Richard Nixon viewed the splashdown of the Apollo 11 astronauts on their return from the moon in 1969. But Reagan in his speech at Edwards disappointed space officials by failing to order up a fifth $1 billion orbiter, or support what NASA sees as its next logical step in space: the construction of a permanent...
...this time was wasted waiting in line, first for the food and then for the cashier to add up the bill on an abacus (she used the cash register only as a cash box). The breakfast offerings included greasy fried eggs, cold beets, herring with onions, porridge, sausage, lukewarm condensed milk, and hot ultra-sweetened...
...holding the Administration accountable on it own terms, the need for apology emerges as overwhelming. The call for a balanced budget has evolved into the largest deficit in history. The determination to counter Soviet power has eroded into lukewarm sanctions in response to the Polish martial law regime. The insistence on a strong Israel and the carrying out of the Camp David accords has failed to avert flirtations with autocratic Arab regimes and failed to prompt a U.S.-led initiative for negotiations on Palestinian autonomy...