Opinion polls show that public support for ID cards has fallen sharply over the past four years, but even a chorus of opposition has not muted the government's centralising instincts.
Opposition to the war in Afghanistan is more muted than opposition to the war in Iraq, but it's not so muted among Democrats.
Director Michael Mann creates a rising line of tension and paranoia which leads, paradoxically, to a muted, not entirely reassuring ending.
Perhaps the criticism is muted because this is not the first time Buffett has made a plea for raising taxes on the wealthy.
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Though the city's Cuban-born auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Agustin Roman, says he will not be aboard, criticism has been muted.
Even recent statements about Taiwan have been muted, and Chinese officials have not directly raised with their U.S. counterparts at any major level the recently disclosed allegation that a presidential jet ordered by Jiang from the Boeing Corporation was bugged.
European regulators recently recommended that Kynamro not be approved, but it did get a muted thumbs up from a panel of FDA advisors.
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Condoleezza Rice's praise may be more muted with the warning that he has still not done enough.
Although the immediate GOP response was generally more muted than one might expect, that should not be taken as an indicator that conservatives and others are going soft on their criticism of the President going into the second term.
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Not only was it softer, but it had a special, muted sound.
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The controversy over Suharto's role then and up to his inauguration as president in 1968 is not new -- though discussion of the matter has necessarily been muted.
Anelka's muted celebration - a possible show of respect against his old club - would not have eased the disappointment.
They were not 100% unlit, but enough so that the colors of the walls and carpets were muted.
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Also, sentiment is muted, gas prices are coming down and the twin terrors of Jobs and Housing are not the Achilles heels they once were.
Adults are not banned and, in theory, a paedophile could enter the site but their actions would be muted by filters limiting what can be discussed.
In conclusion, it seems a number of conservatives and conservative or business-oriented newspapers or magazines are so relieved that a liberal moderator did not show constant and blatant bias, that they sigh with relief and give him a pass on the more muted or subtle forms of it.
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