Word: mild
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Three Days of the Condor. Always use the back door. You never know, you may slip out for lunch one minute and return the next, pastrami and mustard in hand to find all your office mates spread across their desks, covered with blood. Meek and mild-mannered Robert Redford, who translates Russian novels for U.S. intelligence, came home to just such a spread, and leaving lunch aside, stepped into a phone booth and became "The Condor." The transformation is not complete--Redford is rather mild-mannered as a hero, too. When he calls into Central, he becomes a critical...
...aide watching the normally mild-mannered Glenn said later: "His lips were blue they were so tight. If I know my man, that's just going to steel his determination to insist on his view of adequate verification." If so, Rosalynn Carter's rebuke may have been a serious blunder because Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, is emerging as a substantial figure in the SALT debate. His fierce feelings about the important issue of verification might turn him against the treaty, despite his basic support for arms control. This would be a serious blow...
...ample support. Scott Walker polished off Penn number four, Evan Hardie, 6-1, 6-1 in under an hour. Greg Kirsch crushed Doug Krevolin 6-2 in the first set, then, shortly after he noticed the arrival of his father in the stands (the added pressure gave me "a mild heart-attack" he said jokingly later) he dropped four quick games in the second...
...warned, however, that "the power elite" would try to disrupt the movement "Watch out for infiltration--you start even mild opposition and you are infiltrated right from the beginning," said Wald, who later led the crowd in singing "John Brown's Body...
...this could presage the mild recession that is widely expected later this year. If the guidelines fail before the decline in production begins, the only practical, short-term alternative would be an ever tougher monetary policy and higher interest rates. Money supply is already relatively tight, and interest rates are expected to go on rising into June. A continuation of this trend could lead to a recession deeper and more painful than anyone wants...