Word: mild
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...Japan's pacifist constitution as his signature issue. But Abe's vision of a more muscular Japan has excited few voters, who are more concerned with their pocketbooks, and constitutional revision has barely figured as an issue in July's election. The violent reaction to Kyuma's relatively mild speech - more of an offense against political correctness than history - is a potent reminder that pacifism remains Japan's knee-jerk reaction to anything related to the military, and that domestic sensitivities trump the realities of geopolitics, where nuclear weapons are an unavoidable reality. Abe wanted to change the game...
...reputation as an implacable anti-corruption fighter with little time for traditional political niceties. She has ruffled feathers even within the couple's Peronist party and is seen by observers as a more temperamental and radical politician than her husband. President Kirchner, on the other hand, is a mild and soft-spoken operator who rescued Argentina from the agonizing economic crisis that followed the country's default on its foreign debt in late 2001. Assuming office in 2003, President Kirchner broke with traditional free-market economic recipes, settled the country's debt with the International Monetary Fund and ushered...
...better times, Christos Kortzidis never skips a meal. Yet, for most of this month, the mild-mannered mayor of Hellenikon, a seaside suburb south of Athens, has sat squat in a rusting folding chair in his office, surviving on water and fruit juice. "Starvation," he says, "was my last resort in order to pressure authorities to save the [Greek] beaches from further exploitation." Elected on an independent ticket last October, Kortizidis has lobbied for years against the privatization of Athens' prime beachfront, urging the centre-right government to take on the nightclub owners and entrepreneurs whose leisure venues along...
...extracurriculars. But I also met with the disciplinary council a few times, for typical teenage nonsense: being out after hours, going to the school clinic when I was enjoying excellent health, et cetera. I nearly failed chemistry and the gym class of drown-proofing fame. I had a mild problem with authority and a real problem with truancy...
...Despite the devastation of the 2004-2005 season, one mild season in 2006 has plunged Americans in hurricane-vulnerable states into a dangerous amnesia," said Ron Sachs, executive director of the National Hurricane Survival Initiative, a public education and safety outreach partnership between government organizations, relief agencies and corporations. The initiative works with the National Hurricane Center, FEMA, The National Emergency Management Association, the Salvation Army and the State of North Carolina, as well as corporate partners including Travelers, Plylox...