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Someone had to defuse the time bomb or all the passengers on board the ship would be killed. The boatswain offered to bell the cat.

Syria's official news agency says three security personnel have been killed while trying to defuse a bomb near Damascus.

The president said he wanted the meeting to defuse the racial issues brought up by the arrest.

He said Frazer, in her discussions with officials of the DRC and Rwanda, will explore ways to defuse regional tensions.

Your own sense of responsibility provides balance that enables you to be the person you should be and to defuse any tension.

Explosives experts are trying to defuse a second device, which the fugitives placed on one of the main roads leading out of the city.

Now would seem to be one such moment: some wise words from the king could do much to defuse tension.

By correcting the behavior rather than the child, you defuse a child's defensiveness and keep the correction from sounding like an order.

Obama came into office thinking he could engage with Iran in a way that would defuse tensions.

Singapore announced new steps to curb immigration as it tries to defuse one of its most contentious emerging political issues .

Shortly afterwards, an improvised explosive device went off while police were trying to defuse it.

But the bill does more to help regulators detect and defuse the next financial crisis than to actually stop it from happening.

Managers spend their lives trying to defuse anger, though often manage to stoke it inadvertently.

He was killed while trying to defuse a roadside bomb that exploded on him.

Mr Ohlsson is trying to defuse criticism of IKEA's opacity by providing more information on its finances.

This appears to be a clear attempt to defuse a major opposition protest planned for Friday.

German Economy Minister Rainer Bruderle said China needs to take action to defuse the risk of a damaging trade dispute with the U. S.

Without Stone to defuse the controversy, Parker might not be able to get away with offending everyone all the time.

The entire management shift was no more than an ornate and expensive way to defuse my power in a socially acceptable manner.

Perhaps hoping to defuse tensions, China recently sent its military band, along with its top generals, to the U. S.

But Beijing could be engaging in these talks merely to defuse tension over Tibet in the run-up to the summer Olympics.

"In conference calls, conflict can be much more difficult to defuse. In a meeting, if things get heated people will normally take a break. "

Saudi Arabia, in a slap at American efforts to defuse the crisis, dispatched troops to Bahrain to help crush the protesters.

The earthquake in Sichuan last month, and the West's sympathetic response to it, has helped to defuse the tension, but anxieties remain.

But if you can defuse that tension, you may also be making yourself a valuable employee, even if you're not the manager.

hatred will never be able to defuse the hatred, hatred can only tolerance, to the timeless This is the rationale.

I could go on, but it still works for me. People smile, even in adversity. A wave will often defuse a tense situation.

The only way to defuse the mental block that anger leads to is to counter the attack with an unexpected non-response.

It is up to you to defuse the situation . . .

United tried to defuse the spat but Kuszczak told a club employee that he was "glad" his grievances had been made public.

After seeking to defuse lingering trade disputes with China for the last 15 months, Paulson instead may have to tamp down fresh outbreaks.

After a request from Russia, the United Nations Security Council met Sunday but failed to agree on a statement to defuse tensions.

Such an arrangement would do little to relieve the suffering of the North Korean people or defuse the tension over its nuclear ambitions.

China has called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya and is backing diplomatic endeavors to defuse tensions.

Mentioning it doesn't hurt though and it might help to defuse an angry users if you point it out to them after the event.

The only way to defuse this kind of dead end communication is to stop exaggerating .

Avoid comparing the present to the past. If your partner asks for a comparison, defuse it with a non-threatening observation.

Standard-setters should defuse the argument by making clear that their job is not to regulate banks but to force them to reveal information.

Facing the current global financial crisis, the United States and Europe are actively take intervention to defuse the crisis.

In the statement France seeks to defuse tensions over the Tibet issue by promising full support for the integrity of Chinese territory.

It helped to know when to affirm a commitment to a mate or defuse a dispute with a neighbor.

Finally, the paper tries to put out defuse strategy of the "large-class" and class size of primary school of Nanyang city in the future.

In the short run, such a move will help defuse protectionist sentiments in the US.

Interact with customers, resolve customer service problems and defuse sensitive issues with diplomacy and tact in a timely manner.

Once you have listed all the things that put you into a nicotine fit, take the time to devise some coping options to defuse the triggers.

All of this would help defuse short-term tensions around currency valuation, trade access and intellectual-property violations.

The article mainly about teachers must be know students and their mind, defuse complaint, and love students.

Service negotiation is defuse confrontational, understanding, ideal and reality of interests connecting bridge.

Riot police quickly moved in to defuse the standoff as the demonstrators shouted the names of family members they wanted released.

Take a look at what causes anger, what makes some people snap, what anger management classes are all about and how to defuse conflicts.

But lawmakers said a legislative investigation was necessary to defuse public anger.

He helped defuse explosives the deposed leader's loyalists planned to plant in civilian areas of the capital of Tripoli after his fall.

And bosses should defuse conflicts early, listen to staff complaints, avoid overcrowding and set realistic workloads and deadlines.

It would also help defuse the mounting antagonism in Washington and other foreign capitals over the trade issue.

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made calls to key Pakistani officials to try to defuse tensions.

While continuing to watch out for and defuse financial risks, we should generate more financial resources to support economic development.

On the face of it, there are powerful incentives to defuse the tensions.

This might be the best way to defuse the situation without ending the friendship.

Each time I've tried to defuse the situation without a fight.

The government is trying to defuse the bomb.

The prime minister used humour to defuse the tension by remarking: "Well, your statement was quite predictable. "

China this week launched its second buying mission to Europe in the past month in an effort to defuse protectionist sentiment.

The Chinese government no doubt wants to defuse the situation, too.

Don't mistakenly think you can defuse a bully by getting personal and showing your human side.

Until we defuse this situation I have to be able to find you.

China and the United States also can cooperate to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to defuse global conflicts and tensions.

The United Nations Security Council, meeting Sunday in New York, didn't agree on a statement to defuse the dispute.

The political process created this time bomb and the political process will have to defuse it.

I think any of the securities market has not experienced such overproduction, then in such circumstances, how to defuse the crisis.

The measures have been telegraphed for months, both to give the industries time to adjust and to defuse political opposition.

Better, they argue, to use regulation to identify and defuse dangerous accumulations of risk in the financial system.

The French weren't fooled, however, and the yacht was returned to defuse a potential diplomatic uproar.

Individual accounts defuse the risk of medical costs, low management costs are high, facing the devaluation risk.

Retrospectives use a specific structure designed to defuse disagreements and to shift the focus to learning from the experience.

For China's import and export enterprise that, learn foreign exchange hedging, will help defuse exchange rate risk.

Use powerful communication techniques to resolve differences and defuse anger.

In theory, winemakers can defuse the threat by simply shifting production to more congenial locations.

Today, with an aggregate $4, 400bn parked in Asian central banks, the region has ample firepower to defuse that particular risk.

Not so in The Hurt Locker, a scary, thrilling patrol of the streets of Baghdad by men who defuse IEDs.

Here is the second, perhaps more sobering thought: AIG built this bomb, and it may be the only outfit that really knows how to defuse it.

Iraqi soldiers and police now receive mandatory training to identify and defuse explosives.

In the regard of the special influence structure of the principal-agent relationship, the unique institution is needed to defuse its risk.

Mr Brown may calculate that swift action on the Calman plan could defuse the SNP threat to Labour's Scottish seats.

He used humor to defuse tension, illuminate a point, put others at ease--and sometimes for sheer fun.

The Saudi government embraces reforms that defuse its internal crisis, and keep the oil flowing.

Ministers will have to persuade people, to resolve conflict and defuse tension.

Then-Labor leader Kim Beazley had to defuse the row by publicly backing Mr Brereton.

Don't try to defuse your anger with unrestrained ranting and yelling.

So if Project Merlin is unlikely to defuse public anger, will it manage to head off government action?

Muslim and Vatican officials are holding historic talks in Rome to establish a better inter-faith dialogue and defuse any future tensions.

Will soft sanctions, endorsed by China, defuse the Iranian and North Korean threats?

This formula will defuse tensions and may prevent wide-scale violence from erupting.

What strategies have I missed? What helps you defuse anger and irritability? I need more help!

With the anger on both sides intensifying, American and Chinese leaders urgently need to take steps to defuse the situation.

I wondered: Did the art project defuse that particularly nettlesome kid last week?

It was both a stunning and completely innocuous answer. The best way to defuse a bomb.

Mrs Clinton has worked hard to defuse Hillary-hatred over the past six years.

In the short term, more transparency might - possibly - help to defuse this.

Some fast footwork followed in a bid to defuse the outrage.

We expand. We take the feeling about remembering a mama, and we defuse that to all beings in this meditation.

How do I defuse contentious conversation at the holiday table?

Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry about which wire to cut . You will always choose the right one.

I do not question that central banks can defuse any bubble.

40. In outer space, with no swaddling atmosphere to defuse sunlight, it is infinitely more powerful than on earth.

Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry which wire to cut. You will always choose the right one.

Mark claimed that he could defuse a tense situation.

Raising the wage level may defuse the pressure of RMB appreciation.

Laughing Is a Uniquely Human Trait That Helps Us Defuse Stress.

The December 25 announcement of a 25 basis point increase in the lending rate to 5. 81 per cent should help defuse global monetary tensions.

This didn't completely defuse discontent at a precarious moment.

Mindfulness is a function that disarms distractions, in the same way that a munitions expert might defuse a bomb.

The government has offered payouts to defuse public anger that it fears could spark unrest.

Cities draw people away from subsistence farming, which is ecologically devastating, and they defuse the population bomb.

Thanks to an explosion of research, science now knows how to defuse the danger and control the disease.

eg. The bomb blew up as experts tried to defuse it.

After this human beings take over and defuse and remove the mine.

Our promotion prospects are finished, so we must swallow our pride and defuse our ambition.

That could help defuse the barrage of lawsuits facing it.

and hopefully help to defuse tensions in that region.

Most of the second explore "how to guard against and defuse the Huaxia Bank Shenyang branch risk analysis. "

Or they can try to adjust the terms to defuse some of the criticisms.

We should be able to defuse the problem.

To defuse the situation, Ms. Ross says, 'I gave a speech. '

First, try to defuse the situation.

Increase exports of room for its appreciation, Rangli from the market, and strive to defuse the floating exchange rate loss of profits.

The best that can be said about the relationship is that both Bush and Putin do have reasons to defuse tensions.

So every public access worker should think about the way to defuse social contradiction, and to help the people to solve the problem.

Social revolutions being focused and targeted affairs, one can possibly do something to locate them and defuse in time.

But this is unlikely to defuse tension over currencies.

Excuse me, I have to defuse this bomb.

We looked at individual behaviours and triggers; where we can make a situation better or defuse a situation. It was very positive.

Do you have audiences you need to defuse? Let us know in the comments.

Their most immediate impact, though, has been to defuse opposition and to consolidate the ruling party's hold on power.

Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico arrived in North Korea last Thursday to try to defuse the rising tensions,

The training will give the police necessary tools to defuse hostage situations that could possibly become deadly,

A third party stepped in to help defuse the political crisis,

thaksin considers stepping down temporarily to defuse crisis

we will strengthen financial supervision and control , and forestall and defuse financial risks

Bosses should defuse conflicts early,

to defuse tension in a labour dispute

To defuse racial tension in the community

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