President of the United States that was highly critical of Adams, though it closed with a tepid endorsement.

On Thursday, Brown offered tepid endorsements of Crawford and Robinson as point guards.

As the floor debate opened two weeks ago, Mr. Reid delivered a tepid endorsement, though few senators were present as he cataloged his concerns.

This year, Mr. Giuliani offered a late and notably tepid endorsement of Bob Dole.

He tried to avoid both hazards, issuing a tepid endorsement of the decision, while continuing to assert popular sovereignty without explicitly saying the Court was wrong.

He was fired for the tepid endorsement.

Mr. Whitacre sought to play down the importance of those differences yesterday, through a tepid endorsement of the video business.

He gave a tepid endorsement to the Liberal Party in the 2004 election, calling Paul Martin "the devil we know".

It was a tepid endorsement for a medicine Merck had once hoped would offer arthritis sufferers significantly better and safer pain relief.

It was a tepid endorsement for the centerpiece of Mrs. Whitman's tenure.