Word: tweaking
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...that we haven't yet seen much of the "compassionate" in the President's conservatism, and it's not for purposes of ecclesiastic discussion that the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader visits Western capitals. No, the purpose of the meeting - at least from the Bush administration's side - is to tweak China, and judging by Beijing's furious reaction, it has been a resounding success...
...After the Indiana game, Harvard held a team meeting to discuss different defenses, eventually deciding to tweak its system so that someone dropped back on the hole-set more...
...face by supporting Hagel's watered-down version, which caps soft-money contributions at $60,000.) Senate minority leader Tom Daschle insists that "most Democrats" will still vote for McCain's measure, "but that doesn't mean we won't try to find ways to see if we can tweak it." The tweaking, McCain fears, could consist of cleverly worded amendments that seem friendly but weaken the bill. "The special interests opposed to this are crawling out of the woodwork," he says...
...quiet talks with the new Administration, Zhou carried Beijing's latest ideas on Taiwan, polished by his modern sensibilities, though still hewn from the rough stone of Chinese insistence. It was a low-key visit, but Zhou did find time to sit down and explain a linguistic tweak he had been peddling around town...
...while an undeniably solid album, Holy Wood is far too reminiscent of Antichrist Superstar. This is especially obvious in the syncopated, headbanger beat of current single "Disposable Teens," a near mirror-image of "The Beautiful People." Rather than reinvent his band a third time, Manson has instead chosen to tweak and polish that former album's brand of Gothic-flavored industrial riffage. Holy Wood's ultimate downfall is its refusal to take risks; as such, it's an anticlimactic conclusion to an interesting cycle. B- -Ryan...