Word: lukewarms
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...compliment such a carefully conceived and intricate plot are several monotonous and lukewarm acting performances by Dean, Jason Lee, who plays an idiot billionaire, and Hope Davis, Dr. Mumford's patient turned love affair. The experience of watching the acting in Mumford can perhaps be compared to the first few days of the college experience. At the beginning, no one really stands out, and at the end, you can't remember anyone's name...
...instance, McNitt says that ideally, all of the french fries served by HUDS would be hot and crispy. But in reality, HUDS' use of steam warming tables often meant that fries were soft and lukewarm...
South of the Border, West of the Sun can only gain a lukewarm reception from readers who, for the most part, can't identify with anything in the novel (besides, perhaps, the rather trite description of the painful process of adolescence), and who don't seem to have anything to gain by reading it. We are asked to think about happiness and its definition--that seems to be about it. And so we're left with a question, which in many cases is a suitable ending to a good book. Unfortunately in this case, the question...
...addition, say some observers, the commission is looking more and more like a stablehand closing the barn door when the horse is just grazing in the yard. Even though the commission is likely to recommend a cooling-off period, analysts say the industry is already lukewarm at best. The reason: Gambling expansion has slowed in recent years. The public is losing interest, lottery ticket sales are flat for the first time in three decades, and expansion was a nonstarter in several state ballot boxes last November. Even the gambling mecca itself, Las Vegas, is trying to remake itself...
...that it was a perfect day for everyone. Annie Glenn and her two grown-up children -- now in their fifties -- have been less than lukewarm about their husband and father returning to space from the first day NASA administrator Dan Goldin agreed to it. It's wasn't a happy scene for all the Glenn watchers, either -- drivers faced bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way to the Cape this morning, closed highways later on(the fact that the President drove in didn't help the situation any). And you could forgive space shuttle Discovery's army of technicians some...