Word: mild
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...Behind closed doors, the Democrats are divided between liberal hard-liners, who want guerrilla war, and moderates, who fear that such a war would destroy them as well as Bush. In the 50-50 Senate, the decision about which way to go will be made by Tom Daschle, the mild-mannered, tough-minded Democratic leader. While bitter power-sharing negotiations continue between Daschle and majority leader Trent Lott, revenge fantasies focus on Cheney, the tie-breaking Republican vote. The Vice President-elect now has two offices on Capitol Hill, the traditional one on the Senate side and a cubbyhole...
...Constitutionally, elections really are a state affair. Do we really want to mess with that? Leave the Electoral College in place, as a mild equalizer and a needed firewall, and let the system renew itself the way it always has: out of naked political fear...
...Democratic Breaux has a Medicare plan in the works that Bush likes, and he's the kind of mild-mannered centrist upon whom Bush's plan to "unite, not divide" depends. But Bush was expected to make Breaux an offer that Breaux can definitely refuse: leave the Senate and be my energy secretary...
Northeastern (6-6-3, 2-4-3 Hockey East) had to rally from a 2-1 deficit against Dartmouth (2-6-0, 1-3-0) to avoid a mild upset at Hanover...
...passage. After the balloon was deflated, the metal mesh of the stent was left in place to keep the artery open. During this procedure the results from Cheney's second blood test became available. It showed a slight increase in the cardiac enzymes, indicating that Cheney had suffered a mild heart attack after...