If it has to do with observed warming, observed changes, the language is softened.
The IMF whose demand for a decision had set off the whole argument softened its ultimatum.
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However, it is becoming increasingly clear that the nation is being softened up for top-up fees.
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But Psy's success was softened by the growing global popularity of Korean pop music, or K-pop.
In a blender, combine the softened chilies and bay leaf, 2 cups of water and cumin.
But it also seems that the official line towards Apple has softened very rapidly.
Certainly Armenia, as distinct from the Armenians of Karabakh, has softened its stance significantly.
He restored it and sold it for a loss when the real-estate market softened in 1990.
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This "coupling" can mean the effects of a downturn in any one country can be softened.
Then demand for its fire trucks and ambulances softened as municipalities coped with reduced tax receipts.
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Desperation seems to have softened attitudes to accepting money from China and the Persian Gulf.
Even some who had initially declared firm opposition to the bid softened over time.
Yet in recent years, authorities have softened their stand on gays -- at least unofficially.
Its urban setting is softened by the subtly appropriate landscaping representing various Texas ecosystems that surrounds it.
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Package-delivery companies and logistics firms have been pressured by softened demand in Asian exports.
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But when markets softened in the late 1980s, many of the developments failed, along with quite a few lenders.
There is evidence that house prices have already softened in many of the frothiest markets.
Her doctors eventually softened their stance a bit, and said she could consume soy in moderation.
Her stance softened after Ted Bundy made a number of death-row confessions, the newspaper reported.
The tone of the white paper has been softened following intervention by the prime minister's policy unit.
But it's worth noting that even the Americans have this week softened their public rhetoric around Germany.
So those positions are being softened up possibly for a Pesh Murga attack in the coming days.
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Robert Venturi softened his Vanna Venturi House to accommodate his mother's old-fashioned furniture by simply adding moulding.
But already the new program has softened some of the vocal critics of the Iraqi national police.
Though he is said to have softened his views, Mr Ocalan's avowed Leninism hardly heralds a democrat.
Over the past year she has gradually softened her opposition to lifting them, says the BBC's Jonathan Head.
With a sharp chiseled bow softened by elegant curves the Sea Axe is a genuine head turner.
When he realized that the fluid also softened his hands, he concocted the formula for the beauty cream.
Perhaps mindful of this, Mr Sarkozy has softened some of his language about radical change in recent weeks.
Hun Sen then softened his position, saying he would favor a joint tribunal of Cambodian and U.N. judges.
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