81.   In a conciliatory gesture to the government after a year of standoff, Parliament on Tuesday allowed the new premier to deliver a policy speech.

82.   In his strongest conciliatory gesture, Chavez announced that a board of directors opposed by executives at state-owned oil monopoly had resigned.

83.   In a rare conciliatory gesture, demonstrators who had shouted their contempt for the Indonesian military later shook hands and prayed with the soldiers.

84.   In his first appearance before a joint session of Congress, President Bush deployed self-deprecating humor, conciliatory gestures and a smart choice of quotable folks.

85.   In another conciliatory gesture, Israel announced late Sunday that more workers from the West Bank and Gaza would be permitted to enter Israel beginning Monday morning.

86.   In recent weeks Ms. Bhutto has been making conciliatory gestures toward the IMF.

87.   In mid-March the army began removing roadblocks in some areas of Chiapas, a move widely interpreted as a conciliatory gesture.

88.   In what was apparently a conciliatory gesture, Israel announced the release of Khalil e-Rai, the oldest Palestinian prisoner.

89.   India was making conciliatory gestures toward Pakistan as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell prepared to arrive in the Indian capital on Thursday.

90.   India was making conciliatory gestures toward Pakistan as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was to arrive in the Indian capital on Thursday.