Word: lukewarmness
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...made a tentative presidential bid in 1976 and nearly lost his 1978 Senate race to a little-known Democrat, Attorney Alex Seith. Trying to keep pace with America's growing conservatism, Percy changed his stands on economic issues, foreign policy and defense spending. Yet he still has only lukewarm support from conservatives and is confronted with outright sniping from the far right...
Though Histadrut leaders remain lukewarm about both proposals, they were noticeably impressed when Peres took part in negotiations with the labor group last week. It was one more indication that the coalition government, despite its contentious origins, might just have enough gumption to tackle the country's problems after...
...performance itself is equally lukewarm. Rogers' portrait of the foster son Don is convincing, and Bob Knapp gives a highly amusing, if at times overdone, performance of Marion's boyfriend, Zappy. On the whole, however, most of the actors lack the energy the play calls for and resort to maudlin, melodramatic performances...
Sears may be "sizzling with new vitality," but until it solves its problems of understocking, poor telephone-order service and mediocre help, I rate it "lukewarm...
Even worse, IBM has been embarrassed by the shortcomings of the PCjr. Introduced last November to much fanfare as a home computer for family use, it received only lukewarm reviews, and sales have been weak. Last month IBM decided to try again and announced a more powerful, improved version. It replaced a much criticized keyboard with a standard typewriter-style one and added more memory so that the PCjr can run business programs like Lotus 1-2-3. The fully equipped PCjr now sells for $999, in contrast to the original...