Word: softens
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...peace. The plan--a draft of which Time has seen--is designed to establish "clear phases and benchmarks leading to a final and comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict." It calls on the Palestinians to reform their institutions and end violence, and it outlines the ways Israel should soften its iron-fisted security policies. If all conditions are met, the U.S. plan envisages Palestinian statehood by 2005. The document is a good beginning, but it needs greater detail and public light; otherwise Bush's good intentions toward the Palestinians simply won't be believed...
...game, however, was never really in doubt. A late Catamount goal with 34 seconds left in the game served only to soften the blow on the scoresheet. Harvard outworked and outclassed Vermont, their domination evident in the 30-shot differential...
Social justice claims, The richer you are, the more you should pay--the income tax must function as a leveler to soften capitalism's inequities...
...until the Security Council has determined whether or not Iraq is complying with its undertakings, and that will likely force the U.S. to accept a two-step approach. Other states skeptical of U.S. motivations given that its stated objective is to seek regime-change in Baghdad will seek to soften terms that they see as designed to provoke a crisis...
...example, learning to be more respectful and obedient in the music room made me a little shy around him outside. Because I was so young, he had to tailor the way he taught me. He used to have a pretty bad temper with students, and he had to really soften that with...