21.   South Korea softens demand for North Korean apology.

22.   Southern rebels repeated their call for Berisha to go, softening the demand with a promise not to go to war.

23.   The negotiators arrived amid Israeli media reports that Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat may be softening his demand that Israeli troops redeploy before the balloting goes ahead.

24.   The United States and Britain refused to soften their demand that Iraq open all suspected weapons sites to U.N. arms inspectors without conditions or any deadlines.

25.   To encourage this concession, the Catholic side softened its demand for the new Northern Ireland administration to coordinate economic development with the Irish government.

26.   When the talks resumed Wednesday in a swank Beijing hotel, South Korea apparently softened a demand that its own observers monitor food distribution.

27.   When the talks resumed Wednesday in a swanky Beijing hotel, South Korea apparently softened a demand that its own observers monitor food distribution.

28.   However, it may have softened its demands for the right of intervention by its soldiers in Palestinian-controlled areas of the town.

29.   Although Spottiswoode later softened her demands in August, the company has now appealed against her decision.

30.   Bank of England Governor Eddie George reassured market players by appearing to soften his demand for tighter monetary policy.