1.   Deaver began suggesting ways to soften the impact by adding new events to the itinerary that might placate the opposition.

2.   The extra cash, however, will only partly soften the impact of the introduction of the poll tax next year.

3.   The leader acts with greater sensitivity to soften the impact of downward power.

4.   There were also pledges to soften the impact of the subsidy cuts on the poorer regions.

5.   And the impact will be softened because it will be spread out over several years.

6.   Assembly Democrats have proposed softening the impact of the new federal welfare law.

7.   Brazilian currency futures were almost unchanged after the government modified its budget-cutting proposals to soften the impact of proposed tax increases.

8.   But in softening the impact of a declining economy, those policies may also take the edge off any strong recovery.

9.   But the commission evidently did not object to accounting arrangements that softened the impact on earnings after Aetna bought Prudential Healthcare last summer.

10.   But Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., who voted for the bill, said Republicans had made last-minute changes to soften this impact.