Word: lukewarmness
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...Quite the opposite: the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll shows 53% of respondents disapproving of his performance as President, the worst figure in his 18-month tenure. Even among those who still do support Clinton, only about a third describe themselves as strong fans; the rest are only lukewarm -- a worrisome new development. White House officials give two reasons: the bogging down of the legislative program, which has convinced many voters that Clinton is not the gridlock breaker he advertised himself to be, and -- surprisingly -- Paula Jones. True or not, some Clinton aides think, her allegations of sexual harassment...
...Lukewarm box office, scalding reviews greet his Beverly Hills...
...recovering elan, though, the labor movement has managed only a turn away from the graveyard gate, and the obstacles to a larger revival are enormous. Employer resistance is still ferocious, and the climate in Washington is merely lukewarm. If the Dunlop commission does eventually recommend changes in labor law to make union organizing easier, it is expected also to urge that companies be allowed more latitude in forming worker- management production and quality teams. Some union leaders suspect such a move could open the way for a new form of company union...
...After a lukewarm showing against the University of New Hampshire, Harvard's women's hockey team regained its form Sunday against Colby...
When Jeffries finally does arrive, fully an hour late, he is apologetic and cheerful, with a grin on his angular face. After greeting the class enthusiastically in ancient Egyptian -- "Hautep!" -- and receiving a decidedly lukewarm "Hautep" back, he explains that he has been trying to retrieve his clothes from the laundry, but it has burned down...