We should not delude ourselves that the spread of open societies in the Balkans and elsewhere is necessarily a natural development: it is a direct result of the expansion of American imperial authority -- albeit soft and undeclared -- which local populations now see as their self-interest to get along with.
Closer to our present, the writer wonders about the same compromises, albeit with softer language.
With rain forecast for Saturday, Collected is likely to find himself running over an off track once again, and while Nyquist won his lone start on a track not rated "fast" – the Florida Derby on a Gulfstream track labeled "good" – several of his rivals have shown an affinity for the mud, albeit in softer company.
A few of these non-tenure-track positions are the "moral equivalent" of the traditional assistant professorship in that they permit or even encourage independent research--albeit on soft money, stated Keith Yamamoto, a professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Moreover, his runaway success in the King Edward VII Stakes at the royal meeting came, albeit in soft ground, over the King George course and distance.
Canada Day is all about getting absolutely shit-faced and proving that Canadians have their own, albeit relatively soft, identity.
It's thought to be a revival of gay conversion therapy that affirms sexual orientation is changeable, albeit with a softer name than "conversion therapy".
The horse has apparently run up a little light and may well be brought back fresh for the RSA Chase at Cheltenham – for which he remains 12-1 William Hill Hill – albeit he would evidently require softer ground there.
Interleukin 6, when co-expressed with other proteins prevalent in our screen, induced growth in soft agar, albeit to varying degrees, depending on the co-expressed protein.
