Sentence examples for conciliation on from inspiring English sources

But Dolan's pattern of demonstrating contempt for conciliation on most fronts has been steady and mostly self-destructive.

But there were few signs of conciliation on the ground, where Israeli forces continued their search-and-arrest operation in Nablus.

Displaying the brinkmanship that has made him one of the United States' most powerful adversaries in Iraq, the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr sent last-minute messages of conciliation on Wednesday that appeared to have staved off an imminent assault on his fortress in the country's holiest Shiite shrine.

WASHINGTON — President Obama chose confrontation over conciliation on Thursday as he asserted the powers of the Oval Office to reshape the nation's immigration system and all but dared members of next year's Republican-controlled Congress to reverse his actions on behalf of millions of immigrants.

Because Obama has stated his belief that there should be some, any, conciliation on that country's part, it means that Obama intends its destruction.

When Congress assembled in December (to Johnson's chagrin without the elected representatives of the Southern states, who were excluded), Garfield urged conciliation on his colleagues.

The conciliation of the French on whose colonial territory the landings would be made was a more delicate matter.

Do they presage a Palestinian entity that will use its observer status to promote conciliation or one hell-bent on delegitimizing Israel?

He lurches from defiance to conciliation, relying on his instincts to guide him, friends say, not on any coherent legal strategy.

A truce that she declared in 1910 was broken when the government blocked a "conciliation" bill on woman suffrage.

She did interviews with NBC and Fox News before Senator John McCain had a chance to take a customary conciliation lap on TV.