A low vacancy rate in theaters and tepid interest among producers make that doubtful.

Heaven knows why - as a spectator sport, it is of tepid interest, and there can't be many who give a cuss who wins.

The Department of Homeland Security has greeted this private-sector initiative with only tepid interest.

In defense of the linguists' tepid interest, there have until recently been few firm facts to go on.

At first the Atkins campaign stirred only tepid interest.

But that tepid interest on the part of the public hasn't slowed the flow of cash from contributors to candidates.

Massachusetts, with a similar rule, has met with similarly tepid interest.

He wasn't all that much taller than some of the Old Ones, a dozen or so of whom had gathered around to regard him with tepid interest.

Bonds fell as the Treasury's auction of 9.5-year inflation-indexed notes drew only tepid interest.

As a result, analysts expect future bank offerings to attract only tepid interest.