And Obama, who largely soft-pedaled the issue this year, was little help.
There are lots of romantic anti-rationalisms to play with; Rousseau's was largely soft and sentimental in tone, rather than apocalyptic and violent.
These days the industry largely soft-pedals the actual or supposed financial advantages conferred by ownership of time shares, preferring instead to stress the "vacation experience".
Beyond referencing the release itself, hoisting the paper calls out the media for largely soft-peddling the story and failing to apply a more critical eye.
Musically, the uptempo tracks on the record are in the pop rock and dance-pop genres while ballads are largely soft rock.
Reverse innovation (Syed et al. [ 21 ]): concludes that benefits were largely soft (employee morale, learning, better information sharing, personal development, improved patient relationships).
Many of the empty calories children are taking in come from sweetened beverages, largely soft drinks, which in American homes are increasingly displacing milk and contributing to calcium deficiencies, Bowman says.
Japanese television largely broadcast softer scenes from Al Jazeera, which showed the three blindfolded and silent, and then talking with their captors in a room with a wall pocked with bullet holes.
With its simulated sex scenes shot largely in soft focus, an exotic locale and a sentimental pop score, the film became an avatar of soft-core pornography.
The productive coal deposits occur in the marine strata and consist largely of soft, bituminous coal; anthracite coals, however, occur in South Wales.
