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A sheaf of proposals to raise costs for Obamacare enrollees comes under the anodyne heading, “Reimagining the Affordable Care Act.”

Nevertheless this geographically misplaced match, with the most anodyne of sponsor-less names, does have a value that might help nudge Europe to a rare away win next September.

The lobby, with its collection of elevators, scowling security guards and small glass turnstiles, is cold and anodyne.

Egypt, too, offered a respectful if somewhat anodyne assessment.

Famously promising that he would always tell the truth if he won, Carter defeated Ford in a close election in which the Democrat eschewed ideology and instead cultivated an anodyne image as a folksy populist.