Word: lukewarm
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...said the man, and went back to his lukewarm muffin...
Hardening Line. In the Pueblo affair, despite a general willingness to give diplomacy a chance to work, pressure mounted swiftly for a retaliatory strike. The Navy, some said, wanted to bomb the Wonsan MIG base. South Korean Premier Chung II Kwon urged a massive response, warning that "a lukewarm U.S. response would encourage the Communists to engage in another Korean War." But President Johnson was cautious, in part because his critics have accused him so often of overreacting during crises, notably-if unfairly -in the case of the Dominican Republic. His carefully measured response was also determined...
...Israeli citizen-soldier, who humbled the Arab Goliath and continues to withstand the pressures of a hostile UN, the threats of Russia, the treachery of France, the nagging criticism of Britain and the lukewarm support of the U.S. S. LEVIN Johannesburg, South Africa...
...major reason for the lukewarm quality of Jewish-Christian relations was last spring's Arab-Israeli war. Jewish leaders have charged that the majority of Christian churchmen either remained silent, or failed to protest strongly when Arab nations threatened to annihilate Israel. The Synagogue Council of America, chief coordinating body of U.S. Judaism, scored "the tolerance of some Western opinion toward these Arab threats of genocide." Nonetheless, at last week's meetings of the United Synagogue in Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., and the U.A.H.C. in Montreal, the consensus was that current tension should be an in centive to dialogue...
Vorenberg said that at the time the group made efforts to have certain reforms instituted, particularly in hiring, but it "got a lukewarm reception from the city manager (then John J. Curry...