Word: mild
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Yale president Kingman Brewster Jr. slipped a mild criticism of Harvard's admission policies into an article in the Yale Alumni Magazine, the New York Times promptly blew the "controversy" out of all proportion by splattering it onto the front page. But even though no one expects a blood feud to erupt between the two institutions over the issue, it should still be noted that Brewster hasn't got much of an argument...
...vote Castello Branco sweeping new powers-including the right to close down Congress. So Castello Branco simply put the rules into effect by decree, and for good measure dissolved Brazil's 13 political parties; in their place, he created a majority government party called ARENA and a mild opposition catchall called M.D.B. Early this month, in an indirect election by Congress, ARENA'S presidential candidate-ex-War Minister, Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva, 64-swept easily to victory, and is to take office next March. With that accomplished, Castello Branco fortnight ago felt secure enough to draw...
Such an occasion was last month's New Hampshire Sweepstakes Classic, in which Buffle scored a mild upset by beating Jolly Jet and Amberoid to capture the world's richest three-year-old contest. He won four of his fifteen races, and his lifetime earnings totalled...
Harvard saved the coup de grace for the game's final minute. Kydes broke up a mild Cornell attack and cleared the ball to his left wing. The long pass was heading out of bounds when Robertson pulled the day's most sensational play...
...situation of the franc is far from critical. Behind the franc stands a fat reserve of $5.9 billion, mostly in gold, which remains ample despite a mild decline in the last two months. France's balance of payments shows a healthy surplus. Last month an early debt repayment of $71 million was made to the U.S., and France has used surplus dollars to buy $358 million in gold from the U.S. in the first eight months of 1966. These are all clear signs of fundamental strength...