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I always laugh out loud at this transition--because of course the director is just softening us up for the greatest horror climax in movies.

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I admit to being somewhat jaded about the movie genre of a young child softening the heart of his/her reluctant guardian.

Shirley Maclaine can see that this is a thin idea and really works the slow-burn heart of the film only softening her stubborn, lonely widower by increments.

To explain this, observers pointed to the nimble response of the Bank of England (BoE), which cut interest rates to prevent any softening of demand.

A loan buy-down is a transaction in which a third party pays down part of a loan by softening its terms or reducing the principal outstanding, thereby releasing the borrowing country from all or some of its future repayment obligations.

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