Word: tepidity
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...Moscow and the capitals of Eastern Europe other than Poland, the official welcome was wary and tepid. In most Communist countries, -there was a telling hiatus of several hours before the party-lining press and radio broke the news. But Peking, which has yet to announce the U.S. moon landings, broadcast the news quickly. Most Communist organs reported the election matter of factly. Soviet Boss Leonid Brezhnev issued a belated pro forma wish for "friendship and peace between peoples...
...shut well ironed for about 50). The hotel has also recognized the F.F.'s paramount problem: What to do after 9 p.m.? Its cavernous eighth floor has been designated Cafe-Bar. Therein until midnight the visitor can eat watermelon or sherbet, sip his choice of poison, from tepid beer to fu-te-ka (vodka), and yak until yawn. Sorry, no floor show, dancing or Hangchow-panky, though such dubious distractions are doubtless only a few short years away...
...founding of Fort Salisbury on the site of the modern capital. When Ian Smith arrived for the celebration at Cecil Square, one man shouted "Good old Smithy! Some of us are still behind you!" No doubt that was true, though it was hard to tell from the tepid applause...
...every night. The Rolling Stones (remember them, the guys who used to piss in gas station lots and who now get followed in People Magazine), had just released a classic double-live record made up mostly of fold hits but had otherwise been impotent in the studio, fielding only tepid records like Black and Blue and Only Rock and Roll...
...they addressed the issue of student representation on the standing committees, CUE and the council both voted this week to approve a tepid amendment stating that students will "ordinarily" attend the meeting of the standing committees--but only when "confidential" matters are not being discussed. The Faculty members on the committees will decide what issues fall within the realm of confidentiality...