Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shock and a surprise that this happened," said Humphrey Wattenga '96, a native of Kenya who met Tadesse during first-year orientation week. "Sinedu was usually soft-spoken. She was reserved in a way, but someone I considered a good friend. We are all saddened by this affair and [by] the loss of both students...
...getting the coverage he should be getting. We thought you'd want to know this before something happens.'" The publicist adds, "Today you know this call will be heard. A few years ago, it was not so well received." Vogue's Galotti acknowledges that "the fashion business is soft. Clients ask for as much as they can get. How much you give them is up to the individual magazine...
...those forces that want to move toward a less authoritarian society. The U.S. can't improve China's values by stamping its feet." That is particularly true at a time when the uncertain succession to Deng Xiaoping means no one in the Chinese leadership wants to be perceived as soft on anything, least of all foreign policy. Says Levin: "Until the succession question is totally clear, expect Beijing to be cautious, prickly and nationalistic...
...movie, the viewer is perfectly aware that it is manufactured for the times. The whole "prima notte" issue, for example, clearly alludes to the sexual-military tactics used in Bosnia. Tentative stereotyping still mars the actors' roles including the French princess, trained to rule but unable to deny her soft female heart. Enjoying this movie calls for a generous does of cluelessness to ignore the tired machinery so obviously creaking behind the scenes...
...Corporation upheld the committee's recommendation that the University impose a soft cap on health benefits...