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The child sat down on the floor and made overtures to the dog.

Just a few months ago , many countries were greeting such overtures from China with suspicion .

They are right to say that his overtures have had mixed results.

Russia's overtures to the two regions drew a protest from Georgia that this violated its sovereignty.

To flatter with solicitous overtures in an attempt to obtain something or clear away antagonism.

Diplomatic overtures to Iran might be linked to a renewed push for progress on the Palestinian question.

If Mr Bush continues to instruct Israel to rebuff Mr Assad's overtures, Mr Olmert will no doubt obey orders.

But those explanations, like the overtures of officials, have done little to win back Ms. Dmitriyevna's trust.

It was well known that the MOST flattering overtures had been transmitted to the Duke from the court of St Germains .

Since rejecting Google's overtures, the company has been on the fast track for a public offering.

It defied a series of Security Council resolutions calling for a halt, and rebuffed diplomatic overtures from Europe and the United States.

President Obama has made several overtures to Iran since taking office - part of his outreach to the Muslim world.

The Chinese are making overtures in the Philippines, you know, offering all sorts of agreements.

After the government made overtures towards the Delta militants nearly a year ago, about eight months of relative peace ensued.

Turkey's overtures to Russia are seen in the context of a new foreign policy that involves engaging with all its neighbours.

As Mr. Murong's fame grew, the official Writers Association asked him to join, but he rejected their overtures.

He would still be with Marriott but for the persistence of Choice, whose overtures he rebuffed several times.

The U. S. and its allies had given Tehran until last Dec. 31 to respond to diplomatic overtures.

But Monday's announcement at the White House made no mention of overtures to officials in Havana.

make up to: To make ingratiating or fawning overtures.

The research appears to back up theory that any man making romantic overtures should be careful to when choosing music "back at his place. "

Miss Ren remains loyal to her first lover, Zheng, and defends her chastity against the second man's sexual overtures.

Opening approaches made to secure acquaintance, favor, or an agreement; overtures.

However, India has recently made overtures that it wishes to join the NPT as a nuclear weapon state (NWS).

Ewen MacAskill learns Clinton has accepted her former rival's overtures to take the top foreign policy position.

He couldn't understand why a woman he pursued with elaborate overtures (and cold hard cash) never really responded.

Whatever else they may achieve, though, Mr Prodi's overtures to the right may not improve the chances of further liberalisation in Italy.

Of all the elementals, adventurers are most likely to succeed in diplomatic overtures with water elementals.

His other works include the oratorio St. Paul, several concert overtures, the large piano set Songs Without Words, and two piano concertos.

Headquartered in London since 1992, is looking into a return to Hong Kong and is even reported to be receiving overtures from Paris.

Initially he was frustrated, though, because a string of potential business partners turned down his overtures .

Each time, the doubters say, Mr Obama's delicate overtures are met with ambiguity or contempt.

Ms. Freire's work has recently attracted overtures from one of the major search engine companies.

Because it was useful to have warders who were well disposed toward us, I often asked certain men to make overtures to selected warders.

So far all of the overtures are expressions of interest and don't represent actual deals, according to a person in the government.

It remains to be seen how Mr Obama's overtures are interpreted at home.

They will also have found Mr Obama's overtures unhelpful in enforcing national unity, much easier when Iranians feel under external siege.

Yang even rejected merger overtures in February, 2007, Ballmer wrote, hoping a new ad strategy and reorganization would brighten prospects.

In fact, the intensity of Russia's overtures appears to have spooked not only Western observers but Mr Yanukovich too.

Pandas have long been an important symbol of Chinese diplomatic overtures to both allies and former foes.

That process could slow economic integration and nix riskier political overtures by Ma.

President Obama has made cautious overtures to Damascus, appointing a new envoy, Robert S. Ford.

To their surprise, the overtures may have served as a catalyst to bring about the very outcome they were intended to prevent.

There is a strong chance that Iran will resist US overtures.

But the biggest area of potential misunderstanding flows from Mr Obama's warm overtures to China.

He kept a German one at Termiz and is making new overtures to the West.

It is unclear whether Brazil's new president will respond to the US overtures, or China would pay attention.

But Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and threatening overtures toward Saudi Arabia in the summer of 1990, filled the void.

That may make this seem like exactly the wrong time for diplomatic overtures to Pyongyang.

On this same day , the first peace overtures from Rome were made .

Unwanted handsy overtures and other lewd acts on Tokyo's sardine-pack subway trains is not a new phenomenon.

They made overtures in the mainly Muslim western province of Xinjiang.

Vietnam has been making friendly overtures towards its old adversary.

F. Draw out overtures for discussion in inaugural meeting.

The work itself was interesting, and at that time it appeared that the sexual overtures which had so troubled me had ended.

Their government is making overtures for peace.

Despite overtures from HP and numerous other big tech companies, Cook hasn't budged.

But its overtures to China and India came too late to sway the vote.

flirt: To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures.

Overtures from the VCs have since tapered off.

The Chinese leadership rebuffed the Bush administration's overtures, however, according to current and former U. S. officials.

General Motors shortsightedly turned down Renault-Nissan's overtures in 2006.

The Chinese are nervous, too, about western overtures to Burma.

S. overtures to Iran in the late 1990s.

What it does mean is that the elect are incapable of resisting forever God's gracious overtures toward them.

It can be challenging to make the first overtures of friendship, but once you have the beginnings of a friendship, how do you proceed?

Armenia retorts that it is up to Turkey to prove that its overtures are not designed solely to kill the genocide resolution;

He knew, did he belong in Ruth's class, that there would be no overtures from these girls;

It ceased fruitless diplomatic overtures to Vietnam and Cuba and was somewhat more even-handed on human rights

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Bewildered and weak, yet with passion replete I hungered for past overtures

To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to

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