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Mr Annan set out to defuse the crisis by gathering together three remarkably able diplomats and sending them to Baghdad.
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With Rice's December suspension, the school hoped to deftly defuse the crisis, offering a sanction and fine and a narrative that coach had learned his lesson and would get better.
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Pentagon officials have said repeatedly the U.S. will seek an international consensus to respond to Iraq's defiance, and that military action is unlikely while diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis continue.
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If the talks are used wisely, 2012 might become the year that the U.S. and Iran begin serious efforts to defuse the crisis and perhaps even start a long-term process of normalizing their relations.
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In an attempt to defuse the crisis, U.N.
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"In the short run, to defuse the current crisis, the Palestinian Authority must act on its words of condemnation against terror, " he said.
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By apologizing publicly, Grant has taught celebrities facing scandals in the future a lesson in how to defuse a crisis.
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