It was received lukewarmly at its world premiere in March 1870.

She bent down and kissed him lukewarmly on the cheek.

The game was received lukewarmly by critics.

The record did not chart on either side of the Atlantic, and was received lukewarmly by the few critics who did review it.

In Austria, critics and audience reacted lukewarmly to the premiere of the work in 1971.

They emerged supporting Paterson, at least lukewarmly.

Not perfunctorily, not lukewarmly, but with a fervency and fire that no word in the dictionary is strong enough to convey.

Senator Moynihan supports it lukewarmly.

In his 70th year, newly married, and with a lukewarmly received ballet playing in New York, McCartney basically shows no sign of slowing down.

At Wilson's, Altobelli had complimented Manson lukewarmly on some of his musical recordings that Wilson had been playing.

The democratic krajowcy either lukewarmly supported or opposed the Polish federalists who dreamed of resurrecting the Polish-led Commonwealth.

Human Rights Watch, also based in New York, described the agreement lukewarmly as "part of a slow dance with Chinese authorities, on the assumption that some contact is better than none."

In a chapter called "Reflections," he concludes that history will judge today's renowned chief executives lukewarmly, as competent but overwhelmed, smothered by pressures "much greater than anything these individuals could handle well."

It has been defended, albeit lukewarmly, within the past week, in other hearings before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, headed by Senator Fred Thompson, Republican of Tennessee.

But in embracing, however lukewarmly, the possibility of renewed peace talks, he immediately alienated the right, which has grown stronger during this conflict that has raised Israelis' elemental fears about survival in the region.

Thus it happens that whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack they do it like partisans, whilst the others defend lukewarmly, in such wise that the prince is endangered along with them.

But while one would not presume to deny Mr. Shapiro employment, the question arises: why in reconsidering a play so lukewarmly received in the first go-around, would Signature invite back the same director?

Confessions spawned a successful spin-off book and, later, a BBC TV series which was lukewarmly received in comparison to the radio feature and was criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Council.

His proposals were, however, lukewarmly received, and as he could obtain from the king no immediate employment, he took up his residence at Antwerp, where he soon gained considerable reputation for his knowledge in various departments of science.

Under constitutional changes made in the midst of the Orange Revolution, and now supported only lukewarmly by Mr. Yushchenko, the prime minister and Parliament have considerably broader powers, especially over the budget and domestic policy.

Mr. Bloomberg appeared to be referring to Mr. Giuliani's 11th-hour attempt to secure new stadiums for the city's two major league baseball teams, a plan Mr. Bloomberg has responded to lukewarmly.

NBC reacted so lukewarmly last week to rumors that it would not be upset if Mr. Carson left the "Tonight" show after one more year that it fed speculation that NBC actually wanted to replace Mr. Carson with Jay Leno.

What has been attempted in this chapter has been the clarification that so far the traditional values of catholic nationalism are still dominant among the Roman catholics of Ireland, even if they are severely contested by a significant minority from among them and lukewarmly subscribed to by a further significant minority.