1.   But adopting a more conciliatory stance to compete in the crowded GOP field, Forbes said that anti-abortion forces need to persuade their adversaries.

2.   Caldera took a conciliatory stance throughout his speech to Congress, calling for cooperation among all parts of Venezuelan society.

3.   Gore, domestic policy adviser William Curry, and Panetta felt the administration could benefit from taking a conciliatory stance and working with Republicans in Congress.

4.   He reinforced the conciliatory stance in a nationally televised address, taking his case to the people for the first time since the crisis began.

5.   I seem to recall reading that John Stockton spoke up at a player gathering several weeks ago, suggesting a more conciliatory negotiating stance, and was shouted down.

6.   Landsmark was the only one, among a dozen or so interviewed, to express a conciliatory stance for attribution.

7.   Many of the business leaders appeared to be on the defensive, and took a conciliatory stance.

8.   That conciliatory stance infuriates linguistic hard-liners.

9.   The Duke documents say the company should be given preferential treatment for its conciliatory stance.

10.   The same would be true of Watson, who has adopted a conciliatory stance in the quarterback race.