Word: lukewarmly
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Though he has garnered much publicity for his ideas, Magueijo said that it has not significantly affected his career for better or worse. In fact, he said he initially found his academic peers lukewarm to his ideas...
Like most U.S. college students, I spent many a halcyon university day drinking large amounts of cheap beer, often from a lukewarm keg while my friends held me upside down. This is why American higher education is the envy of the world. But when I graduated, I switched to drinking large amounts of comparatively expensive microbrews?high-quality beers made by small-scale brewers. This was because, as a college-educated man, I'd developed a discerning palette. And I sometimes had more than $3 in my wallet...
...should have no trouble doing so. President Bush hopes that the Wall Street insider will provide corporate chiefs and investors alike with a much-needed boost of confidence. He takes over for departing head Harvey Pitt, who left last month amid a flurry of blame over bad press and lukewarm economic news...
...much as anyone is. While he got lukewarm reviews for running the White House's Homeland Security office--the much ridiculed color-coded alert system was his most famous achievement--Ridge has so far lacked the authority to command a bureaucracy and control a budget. But that will change if, as expected, Bush nominates him to be the new department's first head. A former Pennsylvania Governor, he has experience running a complicated government and has won praise for his efforts to improve communication between Washington and state and local officials. And Ridge by all accounts retains Bush's confidence...
...positive side of the ledger," says a Western diplomat in Budapest. But then Hungary's brilliance began to fade. Among the criticisms: the sorry state of the country's troops and matériel, the lack of transparency in the way military contracts were doled out, and Hungary's lukewarm contribution to the war on terror. "We wasted three valuable years," says András Simonyi, Hungary's former ambassador to NATO and its current ambassador to the U.S. "We failed to speed up - much less to achieve - the much-touted reform of our military. Hungary today is not better...