Sentences with phrase «as conciliatory»

Try to be as conciliatory as possible, especially if you and your spouse have children together.

I've found it helpful to repeat this phrase silently to myself during contract negotiations, as it keeps me focused on coming across as conciliatory, empathetic, and forward - thinking, i.e, not sounding like a lawyer.

Ike Ya, 2016, captures an embrace between a couple that seems as conciliatory as it does affectionate.

In one of the key works of «Portals,» titled Ike Ya (2016), a couple embraces, in a gesture, as the exhibition text describes it, «that seems as conciliatory as it does affectionate.»

Seemingly under pressure from the society, Hooke wrote a letter to Newton couched in terms which could be charitably interpreted as conciliatory but in which he still managed to repeat all his allegations and to imply that, at best, Newton had merely tidied up some loose ends.

So, as a conciliatory gesture to the populace — and perhaps also as a snub to the priests, whom he obviously disliked and despised — he offered to give the Prisoner an unconditional discharge.

The Anglican Church in Rwanda, which wishes to present itself as a conciliatory force as well — especially since many churches (itself included) failed to protect their people during the genocide — is closely allied to the government.

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Financial markets have reacted positively to Xi's conciliatory speech, bidding up riskier assets such as stocks and commodity currencies like the Australian dollar.

As on many other issues, in the interview, Trump struck a more conciliatory and reasonable tone in dealing with Apple than he had during parts of the campaign.

The verdict is already in — they do, as shown both by Notley's conciliatory style and the NDP's advancement of women and minorities.»

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)-- Global stock markets rebounded Thursday from sharp losses triggered by escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China — the world's two largest economies — as traders banked on conciliatory statements from U.S. officials.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has interpreted the results as strengthening his position versus creditors in negotiations, but it is possible that Tsipras may be more conciliatory on the margin given the dire circumstances facing Greece and its banking system, and the desire of the majority of Greek voters to stay in the eurozone.

Therefore, instead of snapping at Wallis as he had at Sullivan, Robertson took the more conciliatory approach of writing to say that «most of the reports which allege — ... [CBN] aid to the Freedom Fighters of Nicaragua are not true.

Members of the U.S. delegation frequently described the Vatican delegation to the press as «conciliatory» — as though we, not they, had changed since Cairo.

Dolan writes that «a singularly significant part of our duty as pastors is to insist that the cries of the poor are heard,» and now some Catholic groups are taking Dolan to task for shirking that duty by being too conciliatory toward Ryan and his budget.

He could have been more conciliatory as he dealt with others in the church catholic, more moderate when compromise might have helped hold things together.

For many whites, the situation became a Catch - 22: they continued to hope for the spirit of racial reconciliation that had characterized the civil rights movement, but regarded blacks who actually behaved in conciliatory ways as untrue to the historic situation and destiny of their people.

It should go without saying that, by shifting the attention to the design and implementation of the «78 regime as a key latent root cause of the current political crisis in Spain, I am not denying the important conciliatory and transitory functions the constitution played at the time.

After Andy Burnham spent a year swinging wildly at Michael Gove but with only occasional contact, Stephen Twigg's arrival as shadow education secretary brought a much more conciliatory approach, at least to the government.

Lipton kept up the conciliatory tone on Saturday, casting the union defectors not as turncoats, but victims of a pressure campaign by Cuomo and his allies.

That sounded awfully conciliatory for a man with a reputation as a «pit bull,» so I asked if he had softened up since he helped John Thune win a nasty race against Tom Daschle in 2004.

She is supportive of the Common Core education standards, but at a news conference following her election as commissioner, Elia spoke in conciliatory terms when discussing teachers, whose statewide umbrella union has been especially restive over the changes.

Whenever there has been a confrontation between western democracies and totalitarian regimes, those who advocate intervention will often accuse their more cautious and conciliatory opponents as being successors to Chamberlain and appeasement.

«It is this same conciliatory approach he employed in all his political dealings and to the nation's problems as well.

Zatz struck a conciliatory tone, giving his opponents credit for a battle well - fought as he celebrated his slate's victory.

Mr Cameron also appeared to signal a more conciliatory approach to Conservative backbenchers, who this week elected Graham Brady, a critic of Mr Cameron's leadership, to represent them as chairman of the 1922 Committee.

The mayor has since toned down his rhetoric on charters, and at the recent roll out of his new education plan called for a sharing of best practices between the two types of schools, which the borough president praised as a «conciliatory» move.

But as yet the government is trying to be conciliatory: Cabinet office minister Francis Maude said he wanted a genuine partnership with the unions and was not trying to provoke a «stand off».

As the spending review approaches, the government tried to appear conciliatory.

The researchers expect that similar research will become widespread in the future as more people adopt a conciliatory approach to human - robot symbiosis.

«On the other hand, I don't sense that she has been a leading voice on public lands issues and so perhaps she will take a more conciliatory approach if she is confirmed as Interior Secretary.»

Banks, reprising her role as Effie Trinket, tries to a bit more helpful, but uninspired by Schumer's plans to «have a stank night,» she won't even offer up a conciliatory, «May the odds be ever in your favor.»

They suggest that although the two often had disagreements, their relationship was largely conciliatory, not contentious as depicted in the film.

The Boston United group, which includes many parent organizers and community leaders from the city's minority neighborhoods, will be the more conciliatory of the two, sidestepping controversial issues such as merit pay for outstanding teachers in favor of a greater role for parents in school decision - making.

As more and more Democrats come to see that the teachers unions, with their rigid work rules and insistence on preserving the failing status quo, are the biggest impediment to education reform, the unions can either become more conciliatory or they can double down.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan sounded conciliatory as she took to the stage at the Conservative Party Conference and promised to ease teachers» workload.

In her first conference speech as education secretary, Mrs Morgan struck a conciliatory tone, in contrast to the often strained relations between the teaching profession and her predecessor Michael Gove.

With AFT perceived as more conciliatory, many did not expect them to follow the NEA's lead.

The education secretary was in a conciliatory mood as he addressed his first NAHT union conference today.

Dyson wrests the image of King from that of a conciliatory, peaceful figure, and recasts him as a visionary...

Rove took the conciliatory attitude as an opening to lecture Gibbs on how President Bush rose above a harsh partisan atmosphere to push that energy legislation through and then attacked President Obama for failing to show the same kind of leadership.

Critics say that Exxon and these groups continue to muddle the debate even as scientific consensus has emerged, and as much of the industry has taken a more conciliatory stance toward the reality of global warming.

The best letters I have seen during my time as Chief Legal Ombudsman don't necessarily agree with the consumers» point of view, but the language they use is much more conciliatory, and they do acknowledge when something goes wrong.

Simon is a trained collaborative lawyer and is as well - equipped to adopt a conciliatory negotiated approach as a tough litigation stance.

So often, discord in e-discovery seems petty to the judges, with both sides striving to portray themselves as the «good guys» who are reasonable and conciliatory.

Our lawyers are experts in all forms of dispute resolution and are well placed to recommend the best process to suit our clients» particular needs: Negotiation We are skilled and experienced negotiators, being as tough or conciliatory as the circumstances require.

On the other hand, cooperative or conciliatory actions toward «them» is seen as disloyal to our team.

In the Keynote Speech at the Law Society Litigation Conferences in June 2003, Lord Phillips, then Master of the Rolls, referred to «warfare between claimant and defence interests» as a result of costs - only proceedings, which led to the courts «not only being clogged with this completely unproductive and expensive satellite litigation but the conciliatory approach to dispute resolution, which the Woolf reforms sought to engender, was being poisoned».

But Zuckerberg's real task at hand isn't taking a conciliatory stance, good as it may feel to the rest of us.