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Castro said there was a chance for negotiations now that the White House had toned down Bush-era hostility towards Havana.

I tend to imagine this similar the coloured spot lights at rock concerts, only toned down, leaving only a sense of the colour in the air.

The court case was over a toned-down version of the U. S. magazine that was launched in Indonesia last April.

Warlocks got to crazy land with the % modifiers to their damage output (specifically with Demonic Sacrafice), that's been toned down.

Pass accuracy has been toned down for passes out of a double team, passes out of contact shots, and non-inbound full court passes.

The Obama administration may have toned down its Wall Street-bashing, and Congress is rethinking its plan to tax bonuses at up to 90%.

Chow said she had toned down the language to reflect good ties between the two countries.

In a sign that perhaps producers wanted to deflect the political pressure, the final show was toned down and included some traditional acts.

Recently, however, he has toned down his criticism and said that his approach would be the same as his predecessor's.

Richard expressed his gratitude by a nod while engine toned down as well.

Aid workers report that even the clan feuds that have plagued the strip are being toned down from gun battles to fisticuffs.

As a candidate, he toned down his antics and donned bespoke suits. But he still appealed to Haiti's youthful majority.

Almost all of Germany's political leaders have toned down their criticism of the war in Iraq.

This month, Tim Geithner, US Treasury secretary, and President Barack Obama have toned down the talk.

Some dating shows, like Zhejiang TV's "Run Toward Love, " were canceled. All have toned down references to material wealth and sex.

This technique shows one of the ways the color set of the 1. 4 release has been toned down.

Of course, this dish can always be toned down by adding less Sichuan pepper, but trust me. . . mala heat is addictive.

But the US has toned down rhetoric over the incident to avoid a crisis.

That's why we toned down the color schemes and used a grittier look when we created the units and characters.

Their enthusiasm has toned down since they discovered the cost.

For this meeting with Britain's Queen Elizabeth she toned down her look but not her style.

And Mr Rajoy has also toned down his anti-Zapatero rhetoric.

In his public statement the minister toned down his criticisms he had made in private.

The excitement toned down .

Some experts said Mr. Wen may have just toned down his language as a face-saving way out of the confrontation.

The picture will work better if the colors are toned down.

Yields have come off on the back of: 1, a reduction in interest rate expectations after the ECB toned down its hawkish rhetoric ;

all the songs are very soothing , toned down , simple yet effective