Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President had a mild lecture for the neutrals of the world (e.g., India's Nehru) and a warning for Communists. To the neutrals, he said: "The times are so critical . . . that grave doubt is cast upon the validity of neutralistic argument. Yet we shall continue faithfully to demonstrate our complete respect for the right of self-decision by these neutrals." To the Communists, he said that America speaks for peace, but added: "But let no man think that we want peace at any price, that we shall forsake principle in resigned tolerance of evident evil or that...
...latest such distinguished visitor was Burma's mild, shrewd little Premier U Nu. Mao Tse-tung's China gave him the regular bear-hug welcome, and was aggrieved to find its guest full of gentle remonstrances...
...delight of nocturnal listeners from coast to coast, NBC-TV's glad-libber Steve Allen, 32, met his match and more when septuagenarian Poet-Biographer Carl Sandburg dropped in for a scheduled 15-minute interview on Allen's midnight show. Looking as mild and mischievous as Grandma Moses in a barroom, the weathered old buckeye bard casually ignored the time limit on his stint, brushed aside his M.C.'s good-nights and thank-yous, stayed on happily ad-libbing, reading, reciting and singing for the full hour that remained of the show. Asked by the harassed Allen...
...which replaced the office of President in 1952, and will try to get himself voted sole President again. Campaigning with his favorite lapel decoration, a sprig of pine, Batlle Berres promised simply to encourage industrialization and higher farm production. His record shows that he approves of Uruguay's mild socialism, disapproves of his powerful Argentine neighbor Juan Peron, in general likes...
Average temperatures in Boston during December, January, and February will be considerably above the winter normal of 30 degrees, according to Brooks. The same combination of November pressures and temperatures which has repeatedly led to mild New England winters in the past occurred again last month, he said...