This is clearly a conciliatory gesture towards his wife, Cherie, who has not seen as much of him as she might have hoped and he admits it.

这显然是对他的妻子切丽的一种和解姿态，切丽并没有像她希望的那样经常见到他，他也承认了这一点。

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In another conciliatory gesture, China abstained from voting on the United Nations motion authorizing peacekeeping forces in Kosovo.

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With the regime divided, any conciliatory gesture is too easily painted as weakness by one faction or another.

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And Mr Zardari, as a conciliatory gesture, offered to send the head of the ISI, Lieut-General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, to Delhi.

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