Word: tepidity
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...Tony Blair was fair to call this result historic. It's the first time his Labour Party has won a third consecutive term in office. Yet his subdued recognition that he had "listened and learned" from voters acknowledged their tepid endorsement. Labour's share of the vote was the smallest of any government ever, and its new parliamentary majority of 66 M.P.s is a vertiginous plunge from the 167 majority it secured in 2001. Within hours of the polls closing, Britain's newspapers were discussing, in their usual feverish way, how long Blair would remain as Prime Minister...
...response to Reagan's tax-reform plan was tepid. A mere 27% said they were either "very familiar" or "fairly familiar" with it. Those who knew of the plan favored it 51% to 36%, even though only 16% say they support it strongly; 52% thought they would personally pay more taxes if it were passed. Republicans were more than twice as likely as Democrats to favor the plan. One somewhat contradictory albeit understandable finding was that though Americans tend to favor the plan in general, they clearly oppose its major specific provisions. When asked about eliminating the deductions for state...
Others on our panel find even that tepid prediction to be optimistic. Moisés Naím, a former Venezuelan Trade Minister who is editor of the Washington-based magazine Foreign Policy, agreed that the world economy was unlikely to crash. "But there's no doubt that America's adjustment is going to have consequences," he said. "U.S. interest rates matter to the rest of the world. They are a conveyor belt that is going to transmit shock waves to others...
...also one of his top logistical agents and recruiters. The official says Darwish sends money "across the Syrian border in vehicles driven by couriers carrying bags of cash" to be delivered to al-Zarqawi's personal aides. Assad's response to U.S. demands, says an authoritative official, has been tepid...
SELF-HATE Kerryhatersforkerry.com lampooned Kerry's tepid charisma. Sample bumper sticker: HE'LL FLIP-FLOP...