But the loss of intimacy associated with string quartet writing and the increased plushness of the sonorities just softened the work's impact.
To check for a possible effect of a particle size on the magnitude of coal softening, the work was also performed with a finer coal powder (−200 mesh) prepared by using the same procedure as the above.
I hope Mr. Wolcott isn't softening — the later major work collected here suggests he isn't, at least not much — but it's never too late to work on becoming a mensch.
Over the veto of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the City Council passed legislation yesterday that would significantly soften the welfare-to-work policies that became New York City's trademark during the Giuliani administration.
A18 NEW YORK/REGION D1-7 City Cofncil Overrides Veto of Welfare Bill Over the veto of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the City Council passed legislation that would significantly soften the welfare-to-work policies that became New York City's trademark during the Giuliani administration.
But he wants an earned-income tax cut to soften the blow on the working poor.
Over the years, leaky plumbing has gradually eroded the buildings from the inside out while poor drainage has softened the roofs the painters work on.
She is referring to the way the industry is hard at work softening the impact of expected rules and regulations to be adopted by the regulatory agencies the bill creates.
The crude methods may still work to soften the ground and drown out other voices, but in the end they are still very big sticks.
The deputy prime minister instead stressed plans to rehabilitate offenders through the government's work programme, softening the hardline language used 24 hours earlier by the prime minister.
