Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other hand, Robert G. McCloskey, professor of Government, stressed the need for making incoming "rote scholars" more adventurous. He had "mild reservations" however, about substituting seminars or tutorials for regular courses. These regular courses "may be just what the doctor ordered for Freshmen," he said...
...Lovshin's prescription: thorough examination to rule out physical illness, then explanation and reassurance with absolute truthfulness. Little things-a new hat, dining out, or going to a ball game-help in mild cases. "A tranquilized mother would be about as good as a tranquilized Notre Dame football team," says Dr. Lovshin. "Who wants to live with a wet rag?" So he is against giving tranquilizers to tired mothers. But he thinks there may be a place for tranquilizers in handling these cases: "Give them to the husband, children and puppies...
...reform bills are pending in twelve other states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington. In addition, New York passed a bill this year; Indiana's legislature adjourned without acting on one; and Arkansas' Governor Orval Faubus vetoed a mild reform bill...
That the once-proud art of political invective in Britain has sadly sagged was demonstrated last week. Taking dinner with the New York Herald Tribune's European Columnist Art Buchwald, Labor Party Leader Hugh Gaitskell relieved himself of a few mild pokes at Prime Minister Harold Macmillan: "I personally don't trust Mr. Macmillan. My own personal opinion is that Mr. Macmillan is an actor, and I think all this publicity is dragging British politics to its lowest level." Buchwald's column quoting Gaitskell was printed in the Herald Tribune's European edition...
...explanation for the existence of a man so out of joint with his world that he cannot feel hate, is incapable of acting in self-interest or even self-protection. He is a blind soul who probes his way, not with the white cane of rationality but with a mild, gentle love...