Word: mild
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That would be far too mild an adjective to describe the near anarchy last week. Important legislation, notably on immigration and civil rights, appeared doomed. Other significant bills whistled through with minimal consideration; the House passed a far-reaching package of anticrime measures after ten minutes of debate...
...finding that one of five American adults is troubled at any given time coincides roughly with the conclusions of earlier studies. The Midtown Manhattan study, done in the 1950s, reported that 23% of the population had severe disorders, and up to 80% had some mild level of impairment. The Stirling County study, completed in Nova Scotia in 1952, said that 57% of those interviewed had a disorder during a lifetime and 20% were in need of psychiatric attention at the time of the survey. "The most important thing is not what the overall rate is," says Dr. Darrel Regier, director...
...mild distraction last night," he grinned. And Saturday' "Well, it just put me in the right frame of mind...
Maybe they just weren't used to playing winning ball--in three games each, they had one victory between them--or maybe last-minute injuries disoriented them, but for whatever the reason, the Crimson and the Big Red passed the afternoon in a state of mild astonishment...
...fair-minded people deplore the murderous racism in South Africa--so cruel that it makes racism in America look mild. But what counts is action to end it--not nice words...