Word: tepid
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...abstraction of personal freedom would hardly have been sufficient provocation. It was probably a bread-riot as much as a revolt against tyranny. Side-long glances may be expected from the management of our own Freshman Dining Halls. The Yale precedent is not reassuring. A plate of tepid soup, like a more famous dish of tea, contains the germs of revolution...