Word: lukewarmness
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Numerous committee meetings and seemingly endless rounds of campus controversy later, the Date Rape Task Force garnered a less than lukewarm response to its proposed definition for date rape this week. And rejection of the definition, which states that sex with a "lack of consent" constitutes rape, means that the Task Force's efforts may simply result in maintaining the status...
...private tragedy for political gain. But many voters, aware of the transforming experience of a personal tragedy, are less cynical; they understand that politicians can be simultaneously strategic and sincere. "I thought, 'This white-bread family admitted to counseling?' " recalls Susan Longley of Liberty, Maine, who had been lukewarm to Gore before his speech. "And since then I've developed a magnetic pull to Gore, because he speaks the language of people who tend their hearts." Family counseling is not part of Gore's campaign pitch, but like many of his generation, he is clearly fascinated by the family...
...felt really offended by some of what [Knowles] said," Cortes said. "In essence, he said it was a race relations issue...we feel it's an issue of faculty hiring." Fernandez said she was "kind of disappointed but not surprised" by the dean's lukewarm response...
That may have been his way of demonstrating that he was undaunted by Anita Hill's sexual-harassment charges and the Senate's lukewarm 52-48 confirmation vote -- one of the thinnest margins in court history. As in the abortion ruling last week, he has linked up with the court's hard-line conservatives, , Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. These three have often combined with Byron White and three more moderate conservatives, Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter, thus giving the court a conservative majority in most important cases last term...
...Square is conspicuously lacking in genuine high-quality Mexican fare. Its most popular Tex-Mex restaurant, The Border Cafe on Church Street, generally wins lukewarm reviews from people used to the genuine article...