WaPo painfully coded andor

WaPo painfully coded and/or tortured lede watch …

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell’s resignation announcement Monday evoked a mixed international reaction of personal sympathy, political disappointment and intense concern over whether his replacement will be another moderate or a hard-line ideologue.

Does that reaction sound ‘mixed’?

President Bush’s reelection evoked a mixed Democratic reaction of bitter disappointment, insensible depression and sheer terror.

Another mixed reaction.

Got any others?