51.   Deputy Economy Minister Nikolai Shamrayev, who announced a series of depressing economic figures, said help from the International Monetary Fund could soften the impact of the crisis.

52.   His daughter recently tried to soften the impact of the reports by saying his successors were already running China.

53.   In Honduras, Rodriguez has earned wide support by criticizing corruption and urging the government to soften the impact of austerity programs.

54.   Labor leader Simon Crean said Tuesday he still supports mandatory detention but wants to soften its impact on asylum seekers.

55.   Lim said he hoped cost-cutting measures and higher contributions from joint ventures would help soften the impact of the rate cuts.

56.   Mashhour has since sought to soften the impact of his comments and sent a conciliatory letter to the Coptic patriarch, Pope Shenouda III.

57.   She also switched the shafts of her irons to steel with Senicore, a rubbery substance that softens the impact.

58.   The archbishop has often criticized government corruption and has urged government officials to soften the impact that austerity programs have on the poor.

59.   The oil-for-food program was intended to soften the impact of sanctions on ordinary Iraqis.

60.   The measure was the second installment of massive financial aid approved by Congress to soften the impact of the worst act of terrorism committed in the United States.