Rather than adopting the usual conciliatory tone to pacify organised Labour, Mr Obermann, who is variously known as "Dobermann" and "the bulldozer", toughened his rhetoric over the weekend.

奥伯曼先生并不采用通常的安抚措施平复罢工的组织人员。相反，这位被人称为“杜宾犬”和“推土机”的总裁在周末态度强硬起来。

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But Cuba's government is being unusually conciliatory over Guantanamo's use as a prison camp.

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"I would just note for the record that we have seen over the last week some rather conciliatory statements from certain members of the Bosnian Serb leadership about the desirability of peace talks, about the inclination of the Bosnian Serb leadership to participate in those talks, " Burns said.

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After years of diplomatic isolation over its actions in the western region of Darfur, Sudan is seeing the first signs of a more conciliatory attitude from Barack Obama's administration.

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