Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago, who has controlled his city's schools for more than five years, has muted his previous criticisms, an indication that the assumption of full responsibility for schools often changes a mayor's tone and strategy on education.
The former – if the muted return of TFI Friday was any indication – has died a horrible death, although the latter still has a place on television.
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Clark had said he wanted to play, but his public lobbying was strikingly muted for a gregarious and outspoken player, an indication that he, too, was worried about what could go wrong if he played again at that altitude.
But there are strong indications that it will be a more muted event this year.
The responses to the weekend attack from both countries have been muted so far, with neither New Delhi nor Islamabad giving any indication that the planned talks are under any threat.
And the more muted response from Hamas, a militant offshoot of the Brotherhood, is the strongest indication yet that its leaders are now pinning their hopes on their ideological allies in Cairo, even if at the moment they appear to be harming the interests of the citizens of Gaza.
We are all so lucky that in fifty years the world has changed so much that the surprisingly muted commemorations of Nostra Aetate are an affirmation of progress, rather than an indication of how far we have yet to go.
For all the criticism about her unabashed leftism, however, she was oddly muted on Friday when it came to outlining bold, non-Republican policy goals -- perhaps an indication of the pragmatism that lies ahead.
Early indications were that major European stock markets, too, would start the week with muted falls.
