Word: tepidity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...billion of it--would go to fight illegal immigration. But the major budget battle lines were being drawn over Medicare, one of several popular entitlements that Clinton did not touch in his proposal to trim $144 billion over five years. Some Democrats also gave Clinton's budget a tepid review, complaining that his $8.1 billion deficit-reduction initiative is too little and that his $63 billion tax cut--part of his "Middle Class Bill of Rights"--is too much...
...confined to Chechnya -- the rebels have threatened terrorist attacks on Russian nuclear-power stations -- united communists, leaders of the once pro-Yeltsin Russia's Choice party and many other politicians in condemnation of the invasion. Vladimir Zhirinovsky's ultranationalists were the only major faction to voice even tepid support...
There is never any question about her technical facility in either the Sibelius or the Bruch, for she is arguably the finest technician of her generation, but she remains inexplicably aloof from both of them. The Sibelius is a tepid performance at best-tempi cluster around a comfortable median, and the soul is left wanting, in spite of flawless execution. There is absolutely no magic from her first entrance in the Sibelius, and her tone simpers more than it captivates. During the most dramatic moments of the piece, one wonders whether she is capable of producing anything outside...
Brilliant acting is the reason to see the tepid Vita & Virginia...
...game started tepid and quickly burned up for Harvard. The two offenses exchanged two stalled drives in the first quarter before Harvard freshman Colby Skelton fumbled a punt, giving the Bison the ball on the Crimson 34-yard line. Six plays later, Glus lobbed the ball to senior end Mark Gentile on a slow-curl route, giving Bucknell a 7-0 lead...