Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Assembly. A tough, frank speech might please the U.S. voters and help the Democratic ticket, a soft one might placate America's nervous allies and please the Assembly. Acheson delayed his speech for a day, rewrote it six times. The result was a firm talk which seemed mild and said little new. Fellow delegates hailed it with words like "moderation and sanity...
...power failure at Kirkland House that lasted for more than an hour produced a riot of mild proportions in the Deacon courtyard last night...
Crooner Frank Sinatra confessed that he and his bride Ava Gardner had had a mild rift-just something "that might happen between a man and a wife"-but there was no reason for reporters to suspect a divorce. A few days later, Frankie flew home to Hollywood, discovered that Ava and Lana Turner (see above) had taken off together for Mexico...
Paddy Swift does not look like a tough guy. A tall, gangling youngster with long sideburns and mild brown eyes, he is largely self-taught. He did his best to avoid school altogether, and when rounded up and set at a desk, he spent his time sketching instead of learning his Latin. Then came "a short period during which I tried to get the family used to the idea that I didn't want...
...crowd brought its own jumbled emotions. Many Frenchmen, spoiling for a victory on the field, winced at the sound of German cheers, mild though they were. One spectator, a concentration camp survivor, stood through the entire game, eying the visitors in silent hatred, a vengeful symbol in his old striped Buchenwald uniform. Another Frenchman, watching his jittery, overanxious team missing wild shots at the goal during the first half, wept uncontrollably...