Tom tried to ease the tension.

Efforts to relax competition have many faces.

Will it try to weaken the constraints?

We have to reduce the use of force.

Is there a way to weaken this opposition?

To loosen a screw, turn it to the left.

I need medicine to lessen the pain.

A dollar crisis could weaken the foundations of American power.

So the Japanese started to intervene to weaken the yen.

Russia has sought to weaken Georgia s government for some time.

Excessive taxation can dull incentives and hinder growth.

What is more likely to strengthen the West s security, and what runs the risk of weakening it?

Instead, they imposed harsh terms, hoping to weaken Germany permanently.

Furthermore, trade tensions could weaken political ties.

It will be difficult to ease these inflationary pressures this year.

The global information age may strengthen rather than weaken local cultures.

Selectivity and narrow reinterpretation can only weaken the Treaty.

Ma has created the necessary conditions for deactivating the trigger.

However, changing political landscapes may be forcing the allies to realign their interests.

Now that the euro is up, those same governments are trying to talk it down.

It seeks to dominate, and deaden, the whole economy, too.

Trump administration pushes to weaken already weak net neutrality rules in US

Indeed, the US is already trying to soften up Iranian resistance by hinting at a possible use of force.

An additional factor could depress future birth rates in China and India.

My friend shows me how to loosen the handcuffs, because the road is long.

In particular, lower energy and commodity prices are likely to dampen inflationary pressure.

Washington has also resisted calls to relax tough international sanctions on North Korea.

But there are concerns about the absence of a single compelling protest message, coming even from supporters of the cause. The protest message is fairly written in Oromo language, primarily focused on mobilizing people who dwell in the region.

Putin is shooting back, accusing the West of trying to weaken and dismember Russia.

Perhaps that is why some in the international community are similarly hesitant about easing Myanmar s isolation.

Others point to the contradictions between anti drug conventions and international human rights conventions. Others note that the anti drug conventions exacerbate the problems they seek to ameliorate.

Others note that the anti drug conventions exacerbate the problems they seek to ameliorate.

She tried to persuade Butler to reduce his economic dependence on slave labour, but he refused.

The events that followed did nothing to allay Sedelnikov's suspicions of the Maidan, he explained.

Whoever wants to weaken the Brotherhood has to address the urgent social issues that it raises and try to solve them.

Now, Yanukovich seems determined for the most shortsighted of motives to weaken Ukraine fatally as an energy transit country.

Indeed, rejection of the EU Constitution is a sure way to kill European dynamism and weaken Europe s ability to defend itself.

It comes from within, but can be reinforced or weakened by the way others perceive you.

A military impasse could erode their support and even delegitimize them.

Now, Yanukovych seems determined for the most shortsighted of motives to weaken Ukraine fatally as an energy transit country.

Economic sanctions that are hurting Iran s troubled economy could be eased.

The strategy worked well, and helped defuse Islamic opposition to the wrenching changes that accompanied the country s rapid economic modernization.

Obviously, the traditional moral taboos surrounding money had to be loosened for capitalism to get going centuries ago.

In the absence of solutions that alleviate growing pressure on supplies, hunger and malnutrition will increase.

Since the press and parliament were muzzled, the only way to relieve those tensions was in the streets.