Mussina was mildly encouraged by the way he pitched.

Administration officials said they were mildly encouraged that the level of violence appeared to be down in the last several days.

Daisy was mildly encouraged that Ricky deliberately sat on her right, on his non-scar side.

Analysts said they were mildly encouraged by the report, although they also noted that monthly installment credit figures were volatile and subject to revision.

Analysts said investors were also mildly encouraged by the eight-tenths of 1 percent rise in the February leading indicators, which matched Wall Street forecasts.

Still, I'm mildly encouraged.

Tourism was mildly encouraged, and Havana's music venues started to cater for visitors as well as locals.

We were mildly encouraged to hear Mr. Kissinger say that he would "accept no restrictions" on the commission's work.

"We are mildly encouraged," Mr. Sheehan said.

The Knicks are mildly encouraged with their defense; they have held their last three opponents to 88, 86 and 88 points.