Word: mild
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent food poisoning "is the largest outbreak of salmonella I've seen," Fuchs said, adding that "some cases were mild but some were just miserable...
Soft of voice and mild in manner, Attorney General William French Smith was chided by White House aides during his early months in office for sleepwalking through his job and being notably sluggish in guiding the Justice Department by the lights of Reagan philosophy. The Reaganites grumbled that the department was veering "out of control" and complained that Smith was failing to make his career bureaucrats toe the conservative line...
...commander of the 200,000-strong U.S. Army forces in Europe, General Frederick J. Kroesen, 58, knew he had become a prime target in the anti-American campaign waged by West German terrorists. Barely a month ago, the mild-mannered general finally heeded pleas by West German police to exchange his American limousine for an armor-plated Mercedes...
Spouting heresy in a mild and disarming manner, the wiry general doubts that we need the new MX missile system. He would exploit cruise missiles and hurry research to put future nuclear weapons on submarines. He would put no more American muscle into NATO, believing that if the Soviets decide to attack nations on the fringes of the Iron Curtain there is no way we can win. Our strategy must be to prevent such a move by raising the costs to their interests around the globe. Taylor argues that we need to take a closer look at the Kremlin...
...white bready." But there is plenty of funk in Rocker Ted Nugent. His hair hangs in crimped strands halfway down his bare, sweaty chest, and he talks in a singsong urban-punk cadence about how to stay straight while being more cool than the druggies. When he sings, the mild jingle becomes a heavy-rhythm wail...