Word: mild
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...spread the word quietly that everyone actually agreed in private. Rumsfeld's remarks may have been just for show, designed to mollify those Bush was about to throw over the side. If so, it worked: Kristol's criticism of Bush in the Weekly Standard magazine on Friday was surprisingly mild...
...pressures pretty easily, but passengers with heart disease may experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. Low pressure can also cause the air in body cavities to expand--as much as 30%. Again, most people won't notice anything beyond mild stomach cramping. But if you've recently had an operation, your wound could open. And if a medical device has been implanted in your body--a splint, a tracheotomy tube or a catheter--it could expand and cause injury...
...marketing stunt that may just have worked too well. In the 1980s, the largely unknown Patagonian toothfish was plentiful in deep Antarctic waters. After a name change to the menu-friendly "Chilean sea bass," the catch became a staple at upscale restaurants, popular for its mild flavor, which allows chefs to show off their sauces. But this week a Chilean sea bass boycott organized in February in San Francisco by the environmental group National Environmental Trust moves to its fifth city--Philadelphia--and high-profile restaurateurs in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington will probably add their names...
High school: A mild infatuation with all things in uniform ensues...
...dump the guidebooks and read Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita, a mix of black humor, satire and mild erotica set in Moscow in the '20s, a time not so different from now. Apart from the traffic - cars are strangling Moscow, and should be avoided as much as possible. So choose an area and walk...