Word: softened
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...solve their problems now knew that the program proposed to put guns in the hands of signers of the North Atlantic pact, as well as five other strategic countries outside the Hemisphere. Awareness that the U.S. could not arm the whole world at the same time did not soften the blow. It only aggravated the soreness already caused by U.S. preoccupation with other areas as evidenced by EGA. One attache blurted out: "We Latin Americans have been getting the leftovers ever since the end of the war. Now it seems that we are not even going to get any more...
Freeman's college-boy manners camouflage what friendly U.S. badminton rivals call a "mean streak inside." In the early stages of a match, he sometimes rejects a wide-open chance for a kill, so that he can soften up his opponent by running him to death. Against Ooi Teik Hock, whose forte was also patience and consistency, Dave Freeman concentrated on outlasting his opponent. He won the first set, 15-11, lost the second...
...childbirth! Surely we will love the old molar more if, while it is being yanked out, we are permitted to grit the others in full consciousness, and then perhaps hold it tenderly in our palm. Come now, let us have Dentistry Without Fear-and, TIME, please don't soften us with that old propaganda that pain really hurts...
...Force watched each flight proudly-both planes had been ordered east to take part in a big, private air show for Congress this week, calculated to soften the hearts of members who are considering the Air Force Budget...
...hope that the Reds would soften their high-flying terms by traditional Chinese bargaining methods was expressed by a postman: "It's just like arguing with a ricksha coolie. First he asks for the highest price and then settles for a lower figure." But it was unlikely that the victory-flushed Communists would observe tradition. What was there to dike the flood of Communism if Chiang and the Reds failed to agree on a price...