Word: mildly
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...couldn't tell you some of the most basic things about Parkinson's and how it works. Modern culture may favor confrontation, but we are genetically hard-wired, or at least I am, with a remarkable capacity for denial. It helps, of course, that the symptoms have been mild. Most days for the past eight years I've hardly given a thought to Parkinson's disease...
...Laskar jihad was founded in 2000 by an unassuming Islamic teacher named Ja'far Umar Thalib. A 40-year-old from the east Java heartland of Indonesian Islam, Ja'far's mild demeanor disguises a fierce devotion to what he sees as the plight of Muslims in Indonesia. Like many of Southeast Asia's radical Muslims, he spent several years in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the mid-1980s, both studying and fighting against the Soviet invasion. (Ja'far says he met Osama bin Laden then, but was unimpressed: "He couldn't even read the Koran without stumbling...
Candidates for the Undergraduate Council presidency outlined their plans for 24-hour Quad shuttles, cable television and student group space to a small audience at last night’s mild-mannered presidential debates...
...screenings at security checkpoints—with every carry-on scanned first and then searched by hand. We already have the technology in place for airlines to enter their passenger lists into background checking databases that will flag those with suspected terrorist connections. And it would only be a mild inconvenience if security personnel conducted one last identification check on board the aircraft to ensure that all passengers and crew are supposed to be there...
...students for 20 minutes each to open up a discussion. Khouri is a Nieman Fellow at Harvard from Jordan. He is a Christian Palestinian, respected as a journalist who is generally considered to be a “dove.” He made what seemed rather a mild statement since he seemed to hold out the hopeful possibility of an agreement between the parties. Lewis thinks that “he spit venom” and “accused (Israel’s citizens) of perpetuating the longest colony of the modern era.” His talk...