Word: lukewarmness
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...about spin after all? Certainly the government was under huge pressure to persuade a lukewarm public about the need for war, and the dossier was continually redrafted. And Blair, it turns out, was also anxious to learn what Kelly's views were about WMD and what Kelly might say to the M.P.s. is the BBC vindicated? Nope. Despite the Beeb's public defense of Gilligan's story, an internal e-mail from Gilligan's boss talked about his strong but "flawed" reporting. And a bbc colleague who also interviewed Kelly complained her bosses had tried to dragoon her into corroborating...
...political instability in a country that has seen three coups in 16 years. MEANWHILE IN THE U.S. ... May the Devil Take you A bereaved New Mexico family is suing its local Catholic church over a funeral mass in which the priest allegedly said the deceased was only a "lukewarm" Catholic and would go straight to hell. The church says the clergyman was merely reciting from the scriptures...
...absent-mindedly yanking on his pants to keep them up around his waistline, looked bored during Lewis’ remarks as he gazed out into the crowd. When it was time for his speech, Summers delivered a robotic endorsement of diversity that was (appropriately) greeted by the most lukewarm possible audience response...
...should have made their beliefs more evident. Harvard is a pretty “godless” place: just to believe the things that the Catholic Church teaches should make one stick out like a sore thumb. I mean, why would a serious Lutheran ever want to become a lukewarm Catholic...
According to Brian M. Goldsmith ’05, U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin refused to drink the ice water IOP volunteers put on her podium. Adverse to water that has any hint of chill, Marin would not speak until someone tracked down bottled, lukewarm water for her. Warren Beatty needed just the right microphone, according to Forum Director Bill White. And, White says, noted feminist activist Angela Davis barely stifled her anger until a bag of her favorite brand of tea was produced. In short, says IOP Forum Committee member Jonathan Chavez ’04, speakers sometimes...