Word: tepidity
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Weinstein said of the Inspector General's report, "This is a victory, but a Pyrrhic victory. The Pentagon's response has been at best tepid." He predicts that the Inspector General's recommendation for "appropriate corrective action" will be interpreted leniently. However, he says, "this supports what we've been saying, that a Christian Taliban is running the military...
...Belatedly, the Administration has attempted to revive diplomacy in the Middle East. But diplomacy isn't a spigot you turn on and off; it is a tepid stream of meetings and consultations. It is not for those with attention-deficit disorder; it requires patient, intensive listening to oft-repeated positions and grievances, the eternal search for a comma that will appease both sides. For that reason alone, it would be wonderful to have a President with lots of stamps in his or her passport or a President who speaks a foreign language fluently or has lived overseas or has spent...
...three reform plans since the legislature ended its regular session last month, with angry voters lighting up their switchboards. The House called for radical cuts of as much as $85 billion over the next five years, the Senate only $15 billion. Crist - whose conservative predecessor, Jeb Bush, was strangely tepid about property tax reform - has pledged to "make living in Florida more affordable" and has called for a $34 billion reduction as well as dramatic increases in the $25,000 exemption from taxable home value that homeowners currently receive...
...disturbed or fight over the remote. The plan thus seems like a win-win situation—students who want satellite television could get it and students who do not want it will not have to pay. And yet the administration’s support of the proposal remains tepid. The College says it may support the plan subject to approval by individual House Masters. Such arrangement, however, would be unfair. Because housing is randomized, every effort should be made to provide equal amenities rather than leaving things like television access—which could easily be equal across...
...chief Ron Gettelfinger opposed the Chrysler sale. But after a quick trip to DaimlerChrysler headquarters in Stuttgart, where Zetsche said he would not be dissuaded from selling and Cerberus was the best of the potential buyers, Gettelfinger offered a tepid endorsement. "It's going to happen, and we're going to make it happen in the best interest of our membership," he said...