Word: tamed
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...today's lacrosse is only a tame version of the murderous brand the braves played...
...major difference between the Truman and Johnson decisions is that the discontent with Truman was tame compared with the virulent hatreds that Johnson aroused. Then, too, except for the Dixiecrats who threatened to bolt as they had in 1948, the intraparty feud that Truman faced was minor. His really serious problem would have been trying to defeat the probable G.O.P. candidate, Dwight Eisenhower...
Harvard crews had been undefeated in the past and three Crimson heavy-weight contingents had won at Henley--in 1914, 1939, and 1950. But never before had a tame combined the two achievements, and never before had the light-weights been in London together with the heavies...
...movie theaters, skating rinks and often a free auditorium for club meetings or amateur plays, the centers entice auto-borne families with a busy schedule of attractions. There are fashion shows and symphony concerts, pumpkin-judging contests and senior proms, reptile-club snake exhibits and "petting zoos" (for animals tame enough for tots to touch). Porpoises sometimes frolic in the 80-ft. pool at the King of Prussia Plaza near Valley Forge, Pa., and esprit runs so high that clerks don antique costumes and vie for prizes at the annual summer "sidewalk" sale...
...slaughter of the sea otter began in 1741 with a Russian exploratory expedition to the Commander Islands. Unfortunately, the sea otter's trusting nature aided in its destruction. These naturally tame animals would swim up to the small boats, only to be clubbed to death by hunters...