Word: mild
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most important books have been in English. Politically Ambassador de Madariaga is a complete internationalist, who, perversely enough, does not believe in the advisability of a Federal European Union. At the time his name was first mentioned as Ambassador to the U. S. (TIME, May 4), reporters stirred a mild flurry by skimming through his magazine articles, picking out some of the pepperiest paragraphs on the subject of U. S. imperialism. Senor Madariaga's opinions of U. S. foreign policy are blunt and to the point, but on the other hand he is just as quick to criticize...
Significance. President William Green of the American Federation of Labor, solidly conservative, sat quietly in Washington. Most active strike leader on the ground was lean-faced, mild-mannered Communist Foster. Against him, radical as they come, no cry of "foreigner" could be raised by patriotic coal operators because he was born at Taunton, Mass., 50 years ago. Last year he languished six months in a New York City jail for leading a Red demonstration at Union Square against police orders. He emerged just in time to run for Governor of New York on the Communist ticket, poll 18,034 votes...
...last installed in Woolsey, Jordan recommenced his speech which was listened to politely for perhaps 20 minutes, when the crowd began drifting outside. There it formed itself into an inevitable parade behind an inevitable band, and marched off about the town to the strains of martial music-a comparatively mild and unobjectionable performance for a student body committed to a war that was to end all wars...
Thus did the Tennessee Legislature take its first decisive step toward removing from office the diffident, mild-mannered, 65-year-old Democrat who succeeded to the Governorship in 1927 upon the death of Austin Peay. An Alabaman by birth, Governor Horton was a village school-teacher who turned to law, practiced in Chattanooga, reached the State Senate just before his elevation. Though not a strong political personality, he was nevertheless elected Governor in 1928, re-elected...
Newshawks from all over Europe converged upon Gurgl by rail, motor, cycle and airplane. Before long the mild-mannered Professor Piccard was impelled to say, in reply to a question about his "suffering": ". . . the worst experience is being called out of bed at 2 o'clock in the morning...