Word: mild
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...point of a gun in Iraq--the Bush Administration has come under attack for inconsistency and hypocrisy. Indeed, when our most critical ally in the war on terrorism, President Musharraf of Pakistan, gave himself dictatorial power for at least five years, that earned him but a few mild words of concern from the State Department...
Harvard had control of the game from the outset, a mild surprise given the Crimson’s youth on its offensive and defensive lines. Holy Cross Coach Dan Allen, though, thinks the talent on this year’s Harvard team is “very comparable” to what it was last season...
...least the climate was mild that day. On a scorching afternoon at the U.S. Open in 1996, the Tele+ booth was infernally hot. Clerici asked the attendants for an electric fan. When his request went unfulfilled, he simply stripped and called the match nude. Though viewers weren't treated to the full Gianni, "Quite a few people stopped by the booth that day," says Tommasi...
...important to remember that most people [around 80 percent] who are infected by the virus by a mosquito show no recognizable symptoms. Of the 20 percent who do have some recognizable illness, most of it is extremely mild, a "flu-like" symptom, nausea, maybe mild rash, some fatigue. These are symptoms that appear in viral infections in general...
...18th century, when the continent, for a change, was at peace and wealthy Europeans started to travel in search of different art, culture - and weather. The following century saw Nice inundated with French, English and Russian aristocrats. In La Belle Epoque Nice was such a popular destination for its mild winter, Kanigel says, that it "luxuriated in civic self-confidence [and] flaunted its excesses." England's Queen Victoria visited five years in a row for a couple of months each winter, along with 60 staff. After World War I a series of setbacks - the Great Depression, German occupation, local corruption...