Word: tepid
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...speech, peppered with platitudes, drew a tepid response from the legislators. One of the louder ovations arose from Reagan's canny tribute to Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill, who is retiring this year; there was less response (and notably less from the Democrats) when Reagan turned to O'Neill and proposed that he and Tip find some way out of the budget impasse. Nevertheless, the grandeur of the ritual helped create for a moment the sense of comity that can grace such occasions...
Elsewhere in New Delhi, the reception was tepid. The Pope's meeting with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi lasted just 20 minutes. Indian officials released little information about the meeting, which some observers interpreted as evidence that the government aimed to downplay the Pope's trip. John Paul's multireligious gathering at the Indira Gandhi stadium produced such lengthy oratory that by the time the Pope spoke, hundreds had already gone home...
Since the breakup of the Bell System 1 1/2 years ago freed it to compete in computers, AT&T (1984 sales: $33.2 billion) has had only tepid success in stealing computer business from IBM ($46 billion). But now AT&T is winning big orders through discounts and making its machines compatible with IBM's. At the same time, IBM is treading on AT&T's territory. The computer giant made another move into the $50 billion U.S. market for long-distance service when it announced plans to buy up to 30% of MCI Communications of Washington, whose $2 billion...
...establishment. Baldwin, however, continues to support the spirit of the civil rights movement from his self-improved exile in France Whereas Baldwin was attacked by some, most notably Cleaver, for his emphasis on education over activism during the 1960s, now it is Cleaver whose commitment to black equality appears tepid. And while their relative militancy has been reversed, the ideological distance between the two Black writers remains extensive...
...major university engages a study group to evaluate its operations. The result? Something earnest but tepid, un- likely to startle anyone, right? Not if it is the State University of New York. Last week a 15-member commission, appointed by Chancellor Clifton R. Wharton Jr. to examine the largest U.S. public university system (370,000 students), issued a report that called SUNY "an extreme example of what not to do in the management of public higher education." The report declared that SUNY is "the most overregulated university in the nation." The commission blamed the university's charter, which...