Word: tepidity
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Joan Walsh, for instance, pretended to grant that humor was subjective: "Let's even give Colbert's critics that point. Clearly he didn't entertain most of the folks at the dinner Saturday night." But whose fault is that? Why, those who were not entertained, of course. The tepid response "tells us more about the audience than it does about Colbert." Not laughing, it turns out, was part of the press corps? master plan, because "Colbert refused to play his dutiful, toothless part. He had to be marginalized. Voil?: ?He wasn't funny.?" Never has "marginalized" sounded so sinister...
...worried that music at the College was at its nadir. Not so. Just as Freefall persevered, with some members branching off to form the Dharma Seals, so many student bands have, with the help of loyal fan bases, overcome venue and technical limitations, strict noise rules, and at-times tepid peer response.Arts First weekend looks to celebrate all the acts that have overcome these obstacles. The schedule is peppered with a variety of performances from some of Harvard’s most talented (and quirky) student acts. With the bitter taste of Wyclef freshly washed away by the clean piquancy...
While a increased gas tax would not be popular with many voters or business lobbies, tepid measures to artificially and temporarily soften the blow of high gasoline prices, such as the Senate Republican plan to mail $100 checks to voters or the Democratic plan for a 60-day suspension of the federal gas tax, are short-sighted quick fixes. It is no wonder that incensed constituents across the political spectrum have called their congressmen to protest their pandering antics—they realize that the gasoline problem will extend far longer than the few months until midterm elections. Instead...
...papers, but what are they really like?" Actually, the personality differences between Democrats and Republicans are minimal, even if their opinions are sometimes polar opposites. They are all subspecies of "nerd." If pressed, I can only mumble about who seems to smoke more (Republicans) and who gives more tepid parties (Democrats). Of course, these are differences of style, not substance...
...rapidly spread across the Harvard community, the program’s board informed prefects that “the Prefect Program has been disbanded effective next year, from above, and without consultation with the Prefect Board.” This newspaper took the bait, leading with a not-so-tepid headline—“College Pulls Plug on Prefects”—in last Tuesday’s issue. And before anyone could say “early retirement,” Rinere was at the center of her very first Harvard campus controversy...