41.   The Israelis evidently hoped that the decision to drop the extradition request would be perceived by the Palestinians as a conciliatory gesture.

42.   The move would be a conciliatory gesture to shareholders as the company prepares a restructuring that could give much of its equity to banks.

43.   True to his genuinely hard-line persona, he did not make any overtly conciliatory gesture, not even eye contact with Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel.

44.   With the Likud opposition abstaining in a conciliatory gesture, only eight negative votes were cast against the new government.

45.   Zedillo is also avoiding making waves in the Mexico City newspapers, beyond some conciliatory gestures to his vanquished opponents, Diego Fernandez de Cevallos and Cuauhtemoc Cardenas.

46.   President Bush, in a conciliatory gesture, expressed regret over the in-flight collision that triggered the tense standoff.

47.   Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate offered conciliatory gestures Wednesday in a surprise move at the peace talks.

48.   A round of reunions was also held in August in a conciliatory gesture between the two Koreas.

49.   Accused of widespread atrocities in Aceh, the military apologized and withdrew some troops in a conciliatory gesture after the resignation in May of former President Suharto.

50.   Although Bucaram has made conciliatory gestures since his election, financial analysts say he still makes many people uneasy.