1.  The tepid federal response to the assault and murder of civil rights workers engaged in nonviolent activities fomented distrust.

2.  My suggestion was given a tepid response.

3.  A recent Boston tryout of the Masterson production made everyone nervous after it received a tepid response from audiences.

4.  A spokeswoman for the White House budget office declined comment, and the proposal received an initial tepid response from Capitol Hill.

5.  But his first address before the largely-Republican Nashua chamber, received somewhat tepid response from an attentive and pensive audience.

6.  But some industry executives said Nynex was chary because other recent stock offerings in Britain had attracted a tepid response from investors.

7.  But the call to arms met a tepid response from embattled Zaireans.

8.  But the tepid international response to the U.S. strike fit neatly into what has become a familiar pattern.

9.  Chen said the new issues could meet a tepid response against the backdrop of a recovering Japanese economy.

10.  Congressional hesitation has, however, been paralleled by a tepid public response to the deployment plans.