Word: mild
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...years of clan war, after the Islamic Courts Union - an alliance of clerics and sympathetic warlords - drove the last four independent warlords out of the capital. The Courts won few fans for their attempts to ban music, soccer, cinemas and qat, the local plant traditionally chewed for its mild stimulant effect. But their success in imposing law and order, and their unexpected ability to rise above clan rivalries, won them almost universal respect...
...seemed to go beyond punishment or retribution and cross over into something closer to a lynching.? In Europe, political voices ranging from German leftists to the Pope expressed disgust at both the execution and the way it was carried out.? But Iraqis were unfazed by the spectacle, which seemed mild by comparison to scenes of street violence that play out everyday here.? For many Iraqis, the sight of Hussein as a dead man walking simply cast his shrinking persona deeper into a past that seems more distant all the time...
...search for weapons of mass destruction was rigorous and accurate: there were no weapons to be found. Annan quietly understood that an American invasion would be a disaster. He suffered physically and mentally over his failure to prevent the war. After the invasion, he experienced a mild nervous collapse. For a time, he actually lost his voice. For his pains, he was subjected to a chorus of know-nothing blatherings by U.S. critics who blamed him?inaccurately?for the U.N.'s oil-for-food scandal and ridiculed him for his failure to bring the rest of the world into line...
...bathroom symbol pointing a gun at his head, the word “apathy” in bold, the sign language at the bottom, and the mention of Camus and “Office Space” in the reviewer’s quote are enough to capture any mild cynic’s interest. There are probably many pseudo-intellectuals out there making this their manifesto. Your witty friends would eat this...
...onions. After some debate, we settled on the chicken next, in a piquant tomato and red pepper sauce. The lamb was the least unique of the three meat dishes, and therefore finished third. The veggie dish of potatoes, carrots, and green beans in a yellow lentil sauce was mild and unobjectionable, and a valuable counterpoint to their more highly spiced platter-mates. The meal as a whole was more than satisfying, and the experience was well worth the $22.26 apiece. We chatted with our server after paying, and she told us that all of the restaurant’s five...