And before calling for more soft power, let's not forget the disasters of recent foreign policy.
Technical equipment has been well provided, through European and national grant agencies, and there is now a need for more "soft" approaches, including training, capacity-building, financial incentives, networks.
Indeed, it is ironic that Mr Lewis's rumoured departure is being seen as dumbing-down: a few years ago, when he tried unsuccessfully to exert more editorial influence, he was pushing for more softer, "good news" stories.
Hard wheat is good for bread; soft is better for more delicate pastry baking.
Our second conversation was before a performance by the London Symphony Orchestra of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, for which we met early in the Barbican bar for discussion over more soft drinks.
Mr Cameron said this government was being braver stating there would be "no more excuses for failure; no more soft exams and soft discipline.
The government is constantly calling for home-grown innovation in science, technology and culture, and for China to wield more "soft power" and have a greater cultural influence on the rest of the world.
85 YEARS AGO in FORBES | March 3 , 1923Regulation Revolution There has been a veritable mania throughout this country for legislation and regulations aimed at different industries, groups, organizations, etc. Taxpayers are going to assert themselves and override the debilitating schemes of politicians interested in creating more and still more soft berths for themselves and their hangers-on.
There may be a slight tendency for more permeable soft layer (i.e., high λ-1) at extreme low and high pH values while less permeable soft layer (i.e., low λ-1) at circumneutral pH values.
It is what it should always be: a powerful garlicky condiment that forces you to ask for more hot, soft pitta bread.
New York's Big Gay Ice Cream Truck made national television and opened a second storefront, planting the seed for more groovy soft-serve trucks like the Twirl and Dip, in San Francisco, and the Cow Tipping Creamery, in Austin, Tex.
