In this way, Johnson has softened potential criticism so that he can offer a juicy bone to the authoritarian right.
David Axelrod and his colleagues are already trying to soften a potential blow.
They want to soften any potential negativity.
Their reasons: a) America's acknowledging our abuses of the past (slavery, colonialism, militarism) and positing that penance will soften any potential enemies in the future, and b) believing that technology holds the greatest hope for what had been missing all along, better communication... just need to talk.
But one thing they do share is a fierce desire to win, and that has softened any potential rough spots in their relationship.
In fact, business school applications typically rise as the economy softens because potential students see graduate school as a haven from professional uncertainty.
Given that our sample contains a significant proportion of missing values regarding work status and retirement period (944 observations), we computed an additional modality that controls these missing data in the model, softening the potential selectivity bias that may arise in such cases.
Photocatalysis technology has attracted enormous interest because of its potential to soften and release the global energy crisis and environmental pollution [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].
Groups like DignityUSA also hope that Francis fulfills his potential to soften some of the church's hardline positions.
The self-sufficiency and cohesion of community networks has the potential to soften problems affecting the area, and while this may be true, Favel said there's still a ways to go, in terms of the level of remediation residents want to see.
