Privatising pensions costs relatively few public-sector jobs, and has (mostly) met only mild opposition, whether from ideological foes or the trade unions concerned.
What we have is the spectre of people going along, learning horrible things, and deciding to stay in power, and then publishing their memoirs afterwards, including whatever memos in mild opposition they may have written.
But the blend of traditional and pop styles, and the accessible spirituality of many of the show's musicians, have made it a voice of mild opposition to radicalism in the region, said Mr. Hyatt, a former rock musician.
When the neo-totalitarian government of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe starts complaining about electoral coups by its meek and mild opposition, you know something's afoot.
Instead, he has gone for a policy of milder opposition that may bring some crumbs of power.So far, Mr Yushchenko has been proved right: he looks likely to get many more votes for his movement, Our Ukraine.
Russia, which backs the Syrian regime, is keen on talks but is eager to bolster the role of the milder opposition groups such as the Damascus-based National Co-ordination Body, which the regime tolerates and which have little influence on the ground.
Hassan is himself a supporter of mild-mannered opposition figurehead Mohamed ElBaradei and talks a lot about anti-fascist movements in Europe.
That swipe at the opposition was mild compared with the acidic words the president used in a series of fund-raisers on Sunday, when he ridiculed Gov. Rick Perry of Texas for questioning the science of climate change and scolded audiences at recent Republican presidential debates for being hardhearted.
As Jonathan Bernstein puts it, "Revenue-neutral tax reform almost certainly creates marginal winners and solid losers, which means that tax reform legislation produces intense opposition and mild support".That is why politicians, like Paul Ryan, speak of tax reform in vague (unrealistic) terms.
Venevisión, which is controlled by Gustavo Cisneros, a prominent Venezuelan businessman, and Televen (always the mildest) scrapped programmes run by opposition journalists and toned down their news coverage.
Saleh may have resigned, but the old regime still clings on to power," said Fuad al-Himyari, the young, mild-mannered leader of the opposition movement's umbrella organization, the Higher Youth Coordination Committee, during an interview in the tent city.
