Try not to offend (removing China name-calling from combative economic policy references in the State of the Union speech).
This treatment will be, at best, highly selective so as not to offend several sources of a significant part of that danger.
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And there will no longer be any suggestion that analysts' recommendations are influenced by traders, or by corporate financiers anxious not to offend present or putative clients.
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But some have speculated that some nations are not attending the ceremony in an effort not to offend China or complicate business relationships it has with Beijing.
If a guest absolutely insists after the refusal, the staff member is allowed to take the tip so as not to offend a guest, says Mr. Pisor.
My acquittal marks the end of an evolution whereby our civil liberties in Europe are constantly being restricted in order not to offend Islam and anger Islamic fanatics.
Used to be that an analyst could make a good living by putting out plausible earnings forecasts and taking care not to offend any of his employer's investment banking clients.
It means that both the PPP and, especially, the other main party, the Pakistan Muslim League (N), led by Nawaz Sharif, have a bank of religious-minded voters whom they must be careful not to offend.
Atlantic Yards' new plans show residential buildings that seem to be doing their best to hold their tongues, make nothing more than the blandest statement possible, and pray dearly not to offend the sensibility that has made Brooklyn so attractive to new residents in the past few decades.
It is pretty clear he did not mean to offend and did not think he would.
Unlike the U.S. commercial aviation industry, with strict Federal Aviation Administration oversight that can ground a fleet of aircraft, the cruise industry is largely accountable to countries like Panama or the Bahamas -- which may or may not want to offend their cruise line friends in Miami.
Our national obsession with not wanting to offend has trumped our obligation to defend our national interests.
Maybe because Barack Obama did not want to offend Muslim sensibilities by such a show of force.
The words expressed do NOT reflect my feelings towards the gay and lesbian communities and were NOT meant to offend anyone.
The outside world's knowledge of the regime in Pyongyang is minimal and China may not want to offend an old ally.
However, in a BBC documentary, he said he may opt out of the Games because he does not want to offend anyone.
Free speech means nothing if it does not include the right to offend, and no belief system, not Islam and not any other, can be exempt.
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"It was not our intention to offend anyone, and we apologize if anyone was offended by the card, " MBNA spokesman Jim Donohue said.
Paramount Pictures is planning to co-produce parts of "Transformers 4" in China and it has tweaked its coming "World War Z" in order to not offend censors there.
"These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone, " Cook wrote.
"I don't think that a few stupid, immoral tweets which I admit can be taken horrifically offensively but were not meant at all to offend anyone, " she said.
"Freedom of expression does not entitle you to condescend or offend or insult people, " countered plaintiff Ali Emre Bukagili.
We must be slow to blame and not offend Muslim sensitivities.
This dependence on incarceration was linked to the belief that street crime is committed by persistent "high-rate" offenders who will continue to offend if they are not locked up.
Party officials argued that pious citizens had the right to affordable leisure space that did not offend their values.
With any foreign language you engage in, you need to learn the history, culture and customs of the people in order to navigate the language effectively and not offend anyone.
Under the new plan, called the Managing Deliberate Defaulters (MDD) scheme, anyone who evades tax will also have their financial affairs watched closely for up to five years to make sure they do not re-offend.
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