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Softening in sentence

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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.
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.
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.
Instead of seeking a face-saving compromise on softening the troika program, Tsipras wasted six months on symbolic battles over economically irrelevant issues such as labor laws, privatizations, even the name of the troika.
The most difficult period for Chinese decision-makers was between February and September 2008, when, despite abundant signs of a softening in domestic demand, overall demand remained strong, as did inflation.
Because there is a growing fear among governments that such benefits will occur only in the future, the commitment to fiscal restraint that marked the run up to the euro’s birth is softening as leaders seek to reconcile the single currency with the urgent need to promote growth and employment.
Having gone to the brink, the leaders of both China and Japan appear to have taken a direct hand in softening their countries’ rhetoric.
And, rather than declare victory, as they were inclined to do in a mid-June statement by eurozone finance ministers, European officials should treat this compromise as the next step in softening its increasingly untenable stance on Greek debt.
Already, the HFEA appears to be attempting to preempt the government by softening its regulatory touch.
Indeed, just as its leaders failed to prepare for the fall of communism, the softening of the Russian economy shows that they are poorly equipped for the coming decades, which will be characterized by depleted resources, a declining population, and shrinking territory.
Germany and other countries where mainstream policies still command wide support would vehemently oppose any perceived softening of the common rules and principles.
But there must be no softening of the criteria for joining the euro.
The key to softening the thorn, if not removing it altogether, may be to establish, at the national and EU levels, a social contract for economic migrants.
With global financial markets in crisis and Europe’s economy softening, the challenges for the new Italian government will only become greater.
After all, his firing was rooted partly in his extremism, while Le Pen is currently attempting to widen her party’s support by softening its image.
While political leaders were caviling over the legality of interstate loans, European institutions were softening the blow from a global shock.
Some Asian politicians will, quite conveniently, blame the West for any softening of growth.
In the EU, however, the sanctions continue to be hotly debated, with diplomats from Hungary, Cyprus, Italy, and others softening their stance toward Russia.
New obstacles for the Brazilian economy could lead to softening domestic growth and the internalization of inflation, bringing the crisis home.
After normalizing ties with neighboring countries, he began to address regional issues, softening Uribe’s radical and unpopular positions.
Despite a softening economy, British Prime Minister David Cameron is promising to stay the austerity course.
LONDON – In the United Kingdom, the new conventional wisdom is that attitudes toward immigration are softening.
But as some of the possibilities outlined above show, the change in survey responses does not necessarily imply a softening of public attitudes toward immigration.
However, with prices now softening, revenues can no longer cover the social subsidies that have underpinned populist rule.
Recognizing that the report comes at a sensitive time in Sino-US relations, Pentagon officials are said to be editing the report with an eye toward softening any appearances of anti-Chinese bias.
Such a softening of the church's position was probably the result of the public outcry in Russia's liberal press.
Nonetheless, the ECB has provided large amounts of liquidity to the financial system, indirectly softening the pressure on government debt refinancing.
China’s vast influence over a few fellow dictatorships still holds out the best hope of softening their misrule.
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