Word: mild
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...standards and put limits on what they can do. Most registered nurses must spend four years earning a university nursing degree, which gives them the fundamentals of medical science. They cannot legally perform surgery or many other medical procedures, but in 19 states they can prescribe some types of mild drugs...
Such pressure has increased the urgency for the Administration, as Shultz puts it, to "turn up the rheostat." The Secretary of State is expected to reveal a few adjustments in constructive engagement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 22. The changes, however, will probably be mild and largely cosmetic. Shultz has admitted that Washington's "ability to pressure South Africa is limited." But if the U.S. does nothing, it may forfeit even that limited role, not only in South Africa's current affairs but also in the future of that tormented country...
...Alameda, Calif., dentist called the service number printed in the manual. The number was busy, but after dialing repeatedly over a period of several hours, Hinkle eventually made the connection--to a recorded message instructing him to call a different number, which was also busy. Says the normally mild-mannered Hinkle: "I started in the morning, and by 3 p.m., when I finally got through, I was screaming at the customer-service lady...
...sole high-court appointee, and to name a woman as the nation's top judge would be a political masterstroke. But O'Connor, now in her fifth year on the court, was deemed too inexperienced. Reagan's aides may have also been disturbed because she seemed to show mild symptoms of the Earl Warren syndrome, lately developing a disconcerting streak of independence. In the last year or so, for instance, she voted for expanded libel protection for the press and against prayer in schools, contrary to Administration dogma...
...attacks to impose diplomatic and economic sanctions on Libya, were careful to balance criticisms of the American raid with strong condemnations of Libya and terrorism. Opposition politicians, especially those on the left, were less circumspect. In the Netherlands, for example, Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek observed in fairly mild terms that "we seriously doubt if terrorism can be actually erased this way," but Klaas de Vries, parliamentary spokesman for the Labor Party, thundered that the strikes "made fools of all European ministers who had urged restraint...