Word: softener
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...their opinion and participate in the shaping of American foreign policy, especially at this moment. A calming of the bloodlust shared by perhaps a majority of Americans is welcome, and I hope that those of us interested in human rights and concerned about the lives of innocent civilians can soften hawkish and immoderate calls for war. However, demanding absolute peace is absurd. A more intellectually and morally nuanced reaction by Harvard students would acknowledge the almost unanimous support for military action but demand that strikes be conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law so as to diminish the risks...
...European press, which has long been critical of Israel’s methods in its war on terrorism, seemed almost united in its condemnation of the military strike. Even the U.S., Israel’s staunchest ally, expressed disapproval. But rather than buckle under the international criticism and soften their stance on terrorist activity, the Israelis remained steadfast in their commitment to preserve their national security...
...just because NATO's hands are tied doesn't mean they will be able to wash them clean at the end of this autumn's Essential Harvest. The European Union is already giving "serious thought" to a bolstered observer presence to "soften the phase shift" once NATO pulls out. But no one really believes the N.L.A. is going to fade into the hills, however many guns it hands over in the coming month. Ten years in the Balkans have regrettably demonstrated the stubborn inertia of armed conflict. Just as in Bosnia and Kosovo, NATO could find the potential cost...
First they lost Elian. Now they've lost Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera, too. Monday's decision to move the annual Latin music Grammy awards ceremony from Miami to avoid Cuban-American protests deals a blow to efforts by the organized exile community to soften its image following last year's Elian Gonzalez debacle. And the pain will be deepened by the fact that controversy over how to respond to the event had caused the most dramatic split in decades in the preeminent exile group, the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF...
...Lott settled on a hodgepodge of amendments grafted from both plans that Republicans threw at the Democratic bill to pick it apart. Lott also tried for a while to string out debate on the measure to give attack ads aired by HMOs and health insurance companies time to soften up the Dems. The TV attack ads and GOP rhetoric zeroed in on a provision in the Kennedy-McCain-Edwards bill that allowed employers to be sued if they were directly involved in medical decisions for their workers. Republicans figured that warning about employers going out of business or canceling their...