Word: tepidity
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...Beth Newhall's direction chooses not to focus on the intellectual side of the show; it seems to have consisted mainly of inserting bits of physical comedy into the often tepid dialogue. Perhaps Colby should thank her for having done so, for this slapstick provides the balance of levity in the show...
...point of departure for Grohl and his boys. The Queens' simple black curtain background was replaced by the Foo Fighters' somewhat whimsical setup of two drum kits, five white boxes suspended in the air for reflecting lights and lasers and bouquets of flowers scattered about the stage. The somewhat tepid crowd immediately warmed up when the Foo Fighters burst onstage with "Stacked Actors," a guitar-heavy power ballad bemoaning the superficiality of Los Angeles...
...They'll make F.D.R.'s look tepid...
...Insipid, tepid and vigorously lacking in originality, the Pucker Gallery's current exhibit of pastels by Mallory Lake, Italy Light and Shadow, is a fuzzy romantic nightmare, Hallmark style. These lifeless, flat and relentlessly maudlin landscapes do the impossible: resurrect the bourgeois landscape of the 19th century without even the slightest hint of irony. Such unremitting cuteness might just as well have been the result of Snuggles the detergent teddy bear's experimentation with a paint-by-numbers kit while on vacation in Tuscany. To Lake's credit, several of her horizontal compositions are unusually strong in their geometric structure...
...candidates' education proposals strike some as tepid, Bush's plan for Social Security is either very bold or very risky, depending upon whose opinion...