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Word: tepidly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Stones Roll Again | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: The Core Gains Ground | 4/8/1978 | See Source »

...begun as a survey of the various Eastern religious organizations over the country at large turned into more of an autobiographical essay. Cox moved from bending-over-backwards-to-avoid-bias against what he initially considered to be "inward" and "socially passive" philosophies (this stance, Cox wryly admits, was "tepid, commendably moderate, and, above all, dull"). From this position, he turned to discussing the impact on individuals of the "New Orientalism," the historical and modern-day forces within the American systems that have prepared people for these messages, and the potential effects of Orientalism on Americans and vice versa...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Benares on the Charles | 1/18/1978 | See Source »

Responding to continued and escalating student complaints about the absence of hot breakfasts, Dean Fox announces that next year hot breakfasts will once again be served in all House Dining Halls. He adds that this will necessitate the serving of "tepid" lunches and dinners. During the night, someone erects a guillotine with Fox' name on it in front of University Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pipe Dreams | 1/3/1978 | See Source »

...multi-faceted picture of Alaska today--no simple task, for Alaska is an enormous state, stretched still wider by the conflicting demands of conservationists, oil men, settlers, Indians and politicians, all of whom view each other as interferers and encrouchers. He accomplishes this portrait without the familiar posture of tepid objectivity, by adopting the point of view whoever he is with. He is, in effect, a man of every loyalty, and of no loyalty at all, achieving a rare objectivity through the sympathetic portrayal of many conflicting view points...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Notes from the Tundraground | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

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