Word: mild
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...spent most of his adult life on college campuses, teaching and writing: poems, critical essays, reviews, a novel (Pictures from an Institution), translations and children's books. His visible eccentricities were mild. He appeared vain about his looks. As a young man, he turned himself out like a river boat gambler, slim, dark, natty and sporting a pencil mustache; in his late 30s he raised a bushy, patriarchal beard. When he was excited, his high, piercing voice had a tendency to rise in volume and exaggerate his Tennessee twang. For the most part, though, he kept his inner fires banked...
...asserts bluntly that relations with South Africa right now "are lousy." Washington last month called home Ambassador Herman Nickel "for consultations" as a sign of displeasure with the government in Pretoria. Some White House aides have hinted that they will work in House-Senate conference for a sanctions measure mild enough to win President Reagan's reluctant consent...
Except when I am pregnant--an unsettling condition in which I now find myself. At that point, I morph from a mild-mannered supporter of environmental regulation into one of the most obsessive antipollution zealots you can find outside of an ecoterrorists' convention...
...pneumoniae causes a number of childhood infections, ranging from mild, such as ear infections and bronchitis, to more severe, such as pneumonia and meningitis, which are less frequent, according to Huang...
Their victory came a day earlier than scheduled, as the race was moved from Saturday to Friday in anticipation of heavy weekend rains. The mild Friday conditions made for easier rowing for both squads...