It will wait until 2019 to implement the mild measures proposed by John Vickers.

Banking executives conceded that these were mild measures that did not ban or restrict any specific derivatives.

The senator substantively set himself apart from Mr. Bush, who earlier this week recommended milder measures.

I think that our only chance of success lies in mild measures.

The mildest measures would involve canceling such things as official visits or programs like educational and cultural exchanges.

"Israel is being put in the dock for taking mild defensive measures," he said.

"We use milder measures than the United States used in Afghanistan, facing a similar threat, if not a bigger one," the official said.

Last year, a milder measure failed in the Senate, 57 to 42.

There was no time for mild measures.

There are countries which have taken rather mild measures and others which have acted more energetically.