Word: sweet-talk
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...This was the biggest gap in the history of the Gallup poll, and it led journalists to write about the Polarizing President and armchair strategists to remind the White House of the First Rule of Politics: once your base gets you nominated, you have to soften the edges and sweet-talk the center to get elected. Bush had honored the rule by running in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative," which was code for "I'm not as mean as Newt Gingrich or Tom DeLay"; by working with Ted Kennedy on the No Child Left Behind Act; and by diluting...
Those who tried to sweet-talk the police officers guarding the doors were met with flat refusals and allusions to the fire marshal’s pronouncement. The doors opened more than once, but only to let ejected convention-goers out, not to let anyone new in. One staffer could be heard lamenting that her belongings had been left upstairs at the convention...
...roughly half the number in the Bellagio), Las Vegas Sands threatened to curtail its multibillion-dollar deals. "Most U.S. operators are jumping in with both feet," says Scott Fisher, managing director of the Innovation Group, "but with a big life raft attached." U.S. casino executives are trying to sweet-talk other governments too. Although Thailand and Singapore have yet to legalize gambling, MGM Mirage's Lanni has met with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to discuss a potential development, and the Sands' Weidner in May offered Singapore $2 billion to put a casino resort on its Sentosa island...
...turns on the Irish charm to sweet-talk the press operators...
...whole lot more. One2Free, a cellular service run by telecoms firm PCCW, has created a game world populated by four virtual girls: Alice, Angel, Ron and Veron. It's kind of a Tamogotchi for the home-alone-on-a-Friday-night crowd: through the cell phone, you sweet-talk the cybervixens into dates or out of their clothes. Since the service was launched in March, 500,000 text messages have been sent to the girls - but they stop responding if you're inattentive or late for dinner...