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He said the only solution would be a clean second-round contest or some sort of conciliatory deal between Abdullah and Karzai.

The blast from Beijing may have been predictable but it was also out of sync with China's recent conciliatory noises on trade.

"Please calm the old lady down, " he said to me in a conciliatory tone. "I'll take this lamp and this bowl and leave. "

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.

You make a conciliatory gesture towards Jane by inviting her to come with you.

A year later, Clinton headed to Beijing as secretary of state with a conciliatory message seen as downplaying human rights concerns.

He and his advisers are trying to be conciliatory.

So Labour needs a leader fitted for the "new politics" , able to be conciliatory as well as ruthless.

"There don't seem to be any prizes in China for being conciliatory at the moment, " he says.

While taking a familiar pop at the United States, Chavez was more conciliatory towards Spain.

While taking a familiar pop at the United States, Chavez was more conciliatory toward Spain.

Faced with this, Tim Geithner, US Treasury secretary, is trying to strike a conciliatory tone.

The Japanese did release the captain and [make some] conciliatory [remarks] and actions but [they] did not use the word "apology. "

The Dalai Lama says there has been "a lot of criticism" of his conciliatory negotiating stand with China.

It was a delicate moment; I had to be conciliatory without seeming weak, strong without looking hostile.

The Obama administration has struck a more conciliatory tone towards business since the Democratic defeat in November's midterm elections.

In an instant his persuasive, conciliatory manner fled. He was on the defensive at a wink and puzzled for a word to reply.

Bowing to coalition convention, however, the conciliatory Mr Singh said Mr Karunanidhi could fill his allotted posts as he chose.

He will likely not call off the talks, but might try to possibly leverage some conciliatory talk out of Abbas.

He could be harsh and even implacable in his judgements and yet almost at the same time be surprisingly conciliatory, sensitive and warm.

The president's conciliatory words come as Kashmir, the disputed Muslim-majority Indian state, goes to the polls in state elections.

His offer of a peace treaty, although framed within the "One China" policy, has many conciliatory elements.

That sounds conciliatory, but the Brazilians are still emphasising that negotiations would have to focus on cotton subsidies.

He or she will also be expected to pursue a more conciliatory policy in the wider Middle East.

Ignoring calls from many in South Korea for a more conciliatory style, he has pushed a controversial scheme to construct a system of canals.

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

The president's speech was seen as a conciliatory gesture towards former enemies.

This was the idea behind China's conciliatory New Security Concept.

While the US is trying to increase pressure on Iran, China is more conciliatory.

Elsewhere, Chinese officials were not in a particularly conciliatory mood.

This has been privately dismissed by Western diplomats as posturing, but in public officials have been careful to adopt a conciliatory tone.

India, despite the conciliatory urges of its prime minister, Manmohan Singh, feels less need for peace.

But the government is also trying to appear conciliatory.

But he held out a conciliatory hand to the Afghan people.

The two militaries began the year on a conciliatory note by inaugurating a new fiber-optic hotline system.

Calm and conciliatory pragmatism is welcome after George Bush's impetuous moral certitude, but it also carries risks.

Striking a conciliatory tone, Mr Sengoku said regional growth depended on the relationship between Asia's two biggest economies.

But it is not the same status quo as eight years ago; it is both more independent - not independence - minded and more conciliatory.

The composition of the conciliatory committee should be different each day.

Later, a more conciliatory line emerged, embodied in a televised speech he delivered in the wee hours of April 30.

Perhaps that sober reality explains the uncharacteristically conciliatory stance struck by Wal-Mart this week.

Mr Wen's candid tone contrasted with the conciliatory note struck by European leaders who addressed the same press briefing.

Standing on the dais with two senior lieutenants, Mr. Dimon tried to strike a conciliatory tone.

His conciliatory tone stands in contrast to China's increasingly assertive stance towards other neighbours.

Even after relatively conciliatory words from Khartoum, distrust of the regime runs deep in the south.

She was still angry despite his conciliatory words.

Reform is politically possible only if the Americans start making more conciliatory noises, as Mr Paulson is doing.

If he is to make progress on either front, Mr Erdogan needs to be more conciliatory than in the past.

Despite his autocratic reputation Mr Erdogan has also made conciliatory gestures at home.

But if the conciliatory Mr Noda feels obliged to bring Ozawa forces into government, party modernisation may take a back seat.

He also feels that Todt will be a conciliatory president and will be willing to delegate power.

Analysts say the postponement and a series of other conciliatory moves by both sides have made a shift in China's policy more likely.

In a conciliatory victory speech she offered to "extend a hand" to the opposition.

The meeting ended on a conciliatory and friendly note.

he should adopt a more conciliatory tone if he wins re-election next June.

The announcement follows some conciliatory moves from both Washington and Beijing.

While he is sometimes viewed as the West's inveterate enemy, Yamani has often taken conciliatory stances.

After all, unlike the more conciliatory PPP, Mr Sharif has taken a fiercely principled stand against Mr Musharraf.

A magnanimous and conciliatory prime minister in his final term could do more.

Earlier Monday, the North made another conciliatory gesture--announced by New Mexico Gov.

The apology marks a shift in strategy at Yahoo, to strike a more conciliatory tone.

She deserves credit for a conciliatory tone.

Mr. Takeshita, in the third day of his visit to Washington, has been conciliatory on trade disputes.

Earlier Thursday, Dayton had made a surprise conciliatory offer to Republicans during a public forum at the University of Minnesota.

At a get-together of European and Latin American leaders in Lima on May 16th he was unusually conciliatory.

A more conciliatory approach by Mr Putin seems unlikely.

But his conciliatory talk was met with scorn by many Zelaya supporters, including this man.

But many senators were not in a conciliatory mood.

But recently, the secretive communist nation has made more conciliatory gestures on the world stage.

'Captain Cuttle's at home, I know, ' said Walter with a conciliatory smile.

He has impressed other EU leaders with his conciliatory and linguistic skills, however.

Such conciliatory efforts are modest, but they may build confidence.

But since Gates' edgy comment in 1998, Microsoft has largely adopted a conciliatory approach towards China.

You do a conciliatory gesture facings Jane by inviting IT to coming dawn you.

In his speech to Israelis, Biden's tone was conciliatory.

Danuch Tanterdtid, another Yellow Shirt leader, strikes a more conciliatory tone.

Conciliatory pony ride after being spanked by bother Jack.

In exchange Armenia would have to recognise its border with Turkey and make some conciliatory gesture towards Azerbaijan.

Some conciliatory moves have already been made.

Then he adds in a slightly more conciliatory tone: "I am as flawed and as failed as anyone else in the human race. "

Ms Yingluck made a brief appearance in front of the press, thanking her supporters for their votes and striking a conciliatory tone.

At times, in short, his conciliatory tone has been read as weakness.

Now Mr Paulson sets a conciliatory tone, while the trade negotiators are getting tougher.

His conciliatory tone looks wise.

Instead, she has sounded increasingly conciliatory notes on the government, which is eager to win her backing to get sanctions removed.

Last year Mr. Gates struck a more conciliatory tone, saying Beijing and Washington had a chance to "build trust over time. "

The second, two months later in March, was shorter (510 words) and more conciliatory.

Since the revolution the group has become more conciliatory to women, accepting, for example, that one might run for president.

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