Word: softens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...compromise; Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Home promised the "absolute minimum" of verification (the term now used for detection and inspection). On the larger question of what the experts call"G. & C" (general and complete disarmament), the U.S.'s Dean Rusk suggested an intriguing scheme designed to soften Russian fear of inspection "espionage." It was similar to the plan of random geo graphical samplings proposed by Harvard University's International Law Professor Louis B. Sohn. Under the "Sohn Zone" system, each country would be divided into a number of areas; once the nuclear nations had reported their...
...stars come from every sort of ethnic and national-origin minority group. Many of them are bitterly vocal about U.S. democracy's failures. If enough of them had stuck by their original names, the resulting influence, through the vast popularity of the movies, would have done much to soften bias and reduce prejudice. No one would challenge their actions individually, but they could have served themselves better as a group...
...American negotiators, whose stated aim at Geneva is to "make unnecessary" our forthcoming tests, can hardly expect the Soviets to sign under the pressure of an ultimatum, and whether President Kennedy intended "nuclear blackmail" or not, the timing of his announcement will not make the Russians soften their objections to an elaborate inspection system...
...Push. In addition to demonstrating once again Russia's "peaceful intentions" Khrushchev was obviously also attempting to soften up the West and extort some real concessions. The West's response depended in part on how Western statesmen evaluate a theory about Khrushchev that has gained wide acceptance, particularly in Britain. Its advocates make the case that Nikita Khrushchev is the most reasonable of all Russian leaders and "the West's best friend in Moscow." Therefore, they maintain, the Allies should try hard to reach an accord with...
McDonald wanted a token wage hike plus a many-fringed package to soften layoffs and spread the work: bigger unemployment benefits, longer vacations, higher pensions, and 13-week sabbaticals for 20-year veterans. Management estimated that this would add up to 14? or 15? an hour, or a boost in labor costs of at least 3.5%-somewhat more than the 3.1% annual rise in U.S. industrial productivity. The steel companies countered with a 5? to 7? proposal, or about 1.5%¶somewhat less than the steel industry's annual productivity gain of about...