Word: tepidity
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...family, the people with whom I felt most at home." The Legionnaires dubbed her La Miss, a token of their respect and affection and, in 1956, Travers was awarded the Legion's highest honor for her courage at Bir Hakeim. The book winds to a melancholy close, describing Travers' tepid marriage to a fellow Legionnaire and her move from Indochina back to France. The story moves along at a mostly brisk pace as Travers offers the razor-sharp observations of an outsider coupled with the collegial pride of a fellow soldier...
...colors and textures may put other artists to shame—his vibrant colors become all the more apparent when placed next to Joseph Ablow’s exhibit, also recently being shown at the Pucker Gallery. While the former pulses with energy, the latter appears dull and tepid by comparison...
...With our tepid reaction toward the ICC, the U.S. has shown that it will only support the idea of international law when it is in its interests. The U.S. is undeniably the most powerful nation in the world, and yet it is still holds international courts suspect. Can we reasonably expect a much smaller and weaker nation, one that has seen first hand the awesome power of international response in the form of the NATO military colossus, to trust the international community, if we ourselves will...
...seeing an attitude shift from complacency to some alarm," says Robert Kagan of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The alarmist catalog would begin with National Missile Defense, move to the worsening relationship with Russia, and take in the harder line on North Korea and Iraq, and finally the tepid support for the E.U.'s ambitions in foreign and security policy. The U.K., a frequent arbiter between the U.S. and the Continent, couldn't close the gap this time. Environment Minister Michael Meacher criticized the U.S. and called global warming "the most dangerous and fearful challenge to humanity over...
...Puffy" and "J-Lo," SEAN COMBS and JENNIFER LOPEZ to the nickname impaired, are over. Then again, Puffy and J-Lo are not over. It is an amorous seesaw that holds the nation rapt in tepid curiosity. The New York Daily News reported last week that Lopez quietly split from Combs several months ago and has been seeing a dancer named Chris--who lacks not only a nickname but a surname--whom she met while making her Love Don't Cost a Thing video. The callipygian queen instantly denied the story, her spokesperson intoning that Lopez and Combs "are absolutely...