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middle-of-the-road
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middle-of-the-road 
1. not extreme politically Neither party is exactly radical - they're both fairly middle-of-the-road.
2. entertainment that is middle-of-the-road is ordinary and acceptable to most people but it is not exciting or special in any way Most of the music they play is pretty middle-of-the-road.


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The new powerbrokers in California are the "No coalition" members: liberals, conservatives, middle-of-the-roaders, whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, men, women, straights, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trisexuals, asexuals.
Well, when we compare Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, it's hard to miss the rhymes: young, charismatic, handsome, a gift for gab, and successful at packaging himself as a kind of middle-of-the-roader with whom opponents can "make a deal.
Interesting, too, to note the "we are staying up" chants from fans of a previously relegation-threatened Preston side now just five points adrift of McCarthy's middle-of-the-roaders.
 
 
 
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