Word: mild
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...registration for each of his firearms. It would be a nuisance, to be sure, but, given the destructive power of guns, it would hardly be an outrageous imposition in an industrial society that demands registration of cars, businesses, private planes, dogs and marriages, as well as prescriptions for many mild drugs. Even the Bedouins of Jordan, rootless wanderers and fierce individualists all, are required to register their rifles with desert police...
...Harvard and Yale insist on remaining aloof from that test, a policy which has generated mild irritation among Harvard fans who would like to see the Crimson racing with real competition, especially in these high-glory years of Harvard Crew. Pennsylvania is favored to win the IRA's again this year, as it did last year...
Ford, soft-spoken and mild, obviously does not rely on force of personality as did Bundy, who could often win his way in Faculty or University matters by wheeling, teasing, outwitting, and anticipating his opponents. Ford does, however, work easily with Pusey in the President's low-keyed, deliberate style, and the two men have great mutual respect. Ford thinks the President is a "courageous" man and cities a number of examples where Pusey has quietly accepted the brunt of public criticism in order to protect another party...
...final victory of the Intellectuals over the Bureaucrats. The source of the present trouble is the more aggressive nationalism that has emerged with the internal reforms. Nationalism, directed against the Soviet Union antagonizes--and frightens--the Russian leaders. From all indications, however, their current irritations seem to be mild and should pass quickly...
...Cadets have been a spoiler for the Crimson ever since Harvard won the first Harvard-Army dual meet of the year last December, 68-40. The West Pointers had been regarded as a mild favorite on the basis of their victories in the 1967 spring dual meet and Heptagonals...