It marked the completion of an intriguing transformation that has taken place over several years: of the socialist who was once derided as a soft, conflict-avoidant, blancmange-like "marshmallow" into a self-styled "chief of war".
Russia's advances on Ukraine and the Islamic State's sweep across Iraq and Syria grabbed headlines, but soft conflicts, which reflect crumbling societies at war with themselves, can be as troubling, and potentially explosive, as the hard-fought wars.
She considers him "soft" and conflict adverse; he considers her nasty and difficult, too openly critical of his period as party leader.
And believe me when I tell you that the hard science of sustainable development coupled with the soft science of conflict resolution and win-win negotiations can give us the world of our dreams... the world envisioned by Star Trek... global peace and prosperity for all!
The programme leaves out the Palestinians on the West Bank and generally soft-pedals the conflict, which draws fire from the Israeli left.
The preference among the conflicting soft constraints is expressed through the values of the corresponding regularization constant.
Other vocational training programmes help girls build a wide set of soft skills, such as conflict resolution, team building, and communication, which they can use in a variety of jobs.
Most significantly, the largest decreases in crime came months after the jobs ended, suggesting that crime reduction during the summer wasn't simply a result of students being too busy at work to break the law; the soft skills, experience with conflict resolution, and responsibility gained on the job seems to have made a lasting impression.
It's a startling new look at the sexes, with women dancing huge, strong and hard, and making fierce demands of men, who are compliant, soft and in some cases conflicted.
It has been reported that hard feces (which were studied here) are less representative of the cecal microbiota than soft feces [ 45] but conflicting data have also been reported [ 15, 16].
