Word: tepidity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seems unlikely to jump-start a Bradley steamroller. Ever the gentleman, he writes about his Senate colleagues so blandly that even North Carolina's Jesse Helms, a bitter ideological foe, gets praised for being "courtly." Bradley is fiercely proud of his German and Scotch-Irish forebears, but in his tepid prose they come across as proto-suburbanites rather than daring pioneers...
Bagley felt that the tepid response was at least partly due to a general lack of spirit...
This time, for a change, Dole avoids what he calls the "process things," the recitation of supportive polls, the list of impressive endorsements from local pols and the observation that "it feels different this time, it feels good." The reception is familiar: tepid applause from an audience that seems resigned rather than enthusiastic. Collectively, they seem to have concluded, "It looks like he's our guy, and we don't want Clinton, so we'd better get used...
Whenever possible I hung out with Robert Levy,who lived downstairs from me, a sure bet forcigarettes and good company. Robert was a transferfrom Oberlin and a die-hard New Yorker, whosestriking looks and blase attitude suggested bothintense individuality and worldliness. He appearedoddly out of step in the tepid drama of NorthHouse, as if he was there only because he'dauditioned for the wrong play. He was also asmiserable as I back then. With Robert, there wasno need for bravado. Eventually, though, Robertmoved off-campus, and I managed to transfer toLeverett House...
...uncomfortably slow in remembering to mention that abortion is in fact a legal procedure; but by the end of the week he was offering a more spirited defense of his nominee. But key support from such Democratic Senators as Edward Kennedy and Patrick Leahy has been noticeably tepid, and Joseph Biden grumped publicly that Clinton should withdraw Foster's nomination; then he flip-flopped and said he would reserve judgment...