Word: softener
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...Democrats are going to come at us very hard on the fairness issue. The perception of unfairness in the Reagan Administration is about where it was a year ago, except among older, retired voters, who are supporting the President more than they did earlier. We felt the recovery would soften the fairness issue somewhat...
...book's strongest sections cover the arts of selling and negotiating. McCormack's skills in these areas are both revered and reviled: in siding circles he was once dubbed "the abominable snow-job man." A negotiator, says McCormack, should give in on minor points to soften up the opposition and ease the way for whining the important issues. Use silence as a stratagem, he urges. If a negotiator holds his tongue, the opposition may find the silence uncomfortable and volunteer information or make new concessions...
Jaruzelski has another reason for this calculated charity: he hopes that it will persuade Washington to lift the U.S. trade sanctions imposed after martial law took effect. But he may be disappointed if he expects clemency to soften opposition inside Poland. Adam Michnik, 37, one of the quartet on trial, has announced that he does not want amnesty. If Michnik still desires his day in court, he will have to break the law after his release...
...later responses seemed drained of life. The latest letter Reagan sent to Chernenko met with such a canned response that Reagan brought it up publicly two weeks ago, an unusual show of frustration. Discouraged? Reagan has rarely met another human that he felt he could not soften a bit. Even now he may be looking at the red geraniums outside his office window and on a yellow legal pad be scribbling "Dear Mr. Chairman...
Jorge Blanco made a state visit to Ronald Reagan in early April, hoping to secure U.S. support in persuading the IMF to soften its conditions when new loan negotiations began this month. But because the Dominican Republic is a democracy and has no leftist guerrilla threat, Reagan praised its stability and offered no more than the $135.7 million U.S. aid package already approved for this year and eased restrictions on an additional $34 million in direct cash aid. The Dominican Republic now stands to gain $40 million dollars, mostly from a 2.8?-per-lb. duty exemption on its sugar exports...