Word: softener
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palestinian problem was the key to any Middle East peace settlement. He had advised the Israelis not to be excessively legalistic in trying to veto whoever would represent the Palestinians at Geneva. His invitation to the West Bank leaders may also have been a warning to the P.L.O. to soften its anti-Israel stance in the interests of a greater good -a settlement that could lead to a Palestinian entity. Privately, some P.L.O. members thought that if the organization was being neglected by Arab moderates it had only itself to blame. Washington had stated that some gesture of recognition toward...
Such extreme concentrations can produce one deleterious side effect: fluorosis. Fluorosis causes white splotches to develop on teeth, and later these splotches turn brown, and the teeth soften...
Though differences have existed among the President's advisers on what to include in the package, most of them have now been resolved. Most notably, the CEA has dropped its objection to a Treasury proposal that would soften the policy of taxing dividends twice-once as corporate income and again as individual income of shareholders. Though the method to be used has not yet been finally decided, some relief from double taxation is all but certain to be included in the package. Ultimately, of course, the decision will be up to the President, who is studying nine position papers...
...program is a plan to raise U.S. oil prices, presently averaging $8.52 per bbl. at the wellhead for domestic oil of all price categories, up to the OPEC-set world level of about $13.50. This would be done by imposing a tax on producers at the well. Then to soften the blow to the economy, the Government would give back most of the money to consumers in the form of rebates...
Shavers displayed his ferocious fists in the afternoon sparring sessions in the barn. To soften the impact of his punches so he would not disable or dismember his sparring partners Shavers had to don special 20-oz. gloves...