Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the exhibition opened at Manhattan, supercilious critics expressed a mild surprise that the Italian sculptor Wildt had managed to get so brutal and unflattering a likeness of Il Duce past the Fascist censor. They dismissed the bust as an unpleasant thing to look upon and turned away...
...remains to eradicate kissing as a means of salutation between our males, who have displayed notable unprogressiveness in this respect." At the village of Pnieva one nicknamed "Pump" on account of his fondness for kissing persons of both sexes created a mild sensation by defying the new feminist organization "with a doggerel song," the accompaniment for which was furnished by one Gurok, village harmonica player...
...reception of the President's message to Congress was extraordinarily nonpartisan. The Republican comment was the usual hymn of praise, a little more unanimous than usual. The Democratic comment was surprisingly mild for the comment of an opposition party. The following opinions were all expressed by Democrats...
...With the mild immorality of these familiar practices,--as a matter affecting only individual ethics, there is perhaps no occasion for concern. They are part of a time-honored code in colleges; they even find their parallel in the world at large. But in the mass, they strike an unpleasant note; the well-known subterfuges by which they are effected lead to a distinctly distasteful state of affairs. The University has established a rule concerning attendance at the last class before and the first after a vacation; in its effectiveness can it find its only excuse for existence; with...
...Manhattan, sloe-eyed Italian children competed in a baby show. Some were knock-kneed, some astigmatic, round-shouldered, swivel-hocked, unduly thin; some spilled their milk with mild equability, as if a saucepan in their stomachs were softly frothing over. But well-nigh perfect was Anthony Chieco. He was fat. He was serene. "What do you feed him on?" doctors asked the mother. "Spaghetti," shrugged enormous Mrs. Chieco. "He eats moocha spaghetti, and he drinks da vino- wine. Madre di Dio, he drinks it, oouf! like ees water...