Word: tepid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fair's most disarming delight--her smart, laughing, 30-minute set began with a few dozen people watching but ended with several hundred, who gave her a standing ovation. Jewel, on the first and largest stage, was the high point. On record, her voice sometimes has a tepid blond wispiness; in concert, it has a crackling, sparks-flying, campfire warmth. Finally McLachlan, with her full band, appeared on the first stage to close out the day with a serene set that shimmered like twilight...
...fact that they would miss having a major exhibition to consistently complain about. The '93 Biennial, which featured the Rodney King video, was deemed too narrow and political, the '95 show too reactionary in its overemphasis on painting. Ironically, this year's exhibition has been labeled "tepid" and "boring" by critics who attack the broader curating that their past reviews would seem to have encouraged. Yet as far as I'm concerned, the '97 Biennial leaves little room for complaint...
When the Big Three Swiss banks finally announced the Holocaust Memorial Fund on Feb. 5, reaction in the U.S. was tepid. "It's an important step," said D'Amato, "but nowhere near enough." Singer cautiously praised the decision as "a new sign of entente cordiale," but the World Jewish Congress considers the amount far too low. D'Amato was outraged that the Swiss wanted to manage the assets. "Why do you think the Swiss came forward," he said, "because of the generosity of their heart and spirit, or because they realize there could be damaging consequences if they continue their...
...last year White was tested. His Inner City Church was burned to the ground by arsonists who used kerosene, gunpowder and at least 18 Molotov cocktails. They left behind messages that read DIE NIGGER and DIE NIGGER LOVERS. White isn't too thrilled with Tennesseans' tepid response to Inner City's rebuilding campaign, nor is he happy about insinuations by government agencies that the church itself was involved. What does please him, though, is the support he has received in Wisconsin. So far $300,000 has been raised in the state; one child sent in 99[cents] taped...
After eight terms, Roukema is the senior Republican woman in the House and one of its most influential G.O.P. moderates. The American Conservative Union consistently gives her tepid ratings of just over 50%. A pro-choice environmentalist, her party's leadership nonetheless entrusts her with the chair of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee...