"It's quite tough sand and not as soft as it could have been, " he added.
He cannot afford to be perceived by sections of the electorate as soft or hesitant.
The soil in this part of the Kuwaiti desert was as soft as a New York sidewalk.
The playwright-philosopher is revered in just the liberal-minded circles that Mr Klaus sees as soft-headed and elitist.
Farmers are clubbing together to buy tractors and produce more cash crops, such as soft fruit and tobacco.
In those days, many Americans used to scorn the Europeans as soft-minded appeasers.
First, he asked what he needed to do to placate a public that views him as soft on defense.
The company is seeing weakness in its core business, as well as soft demand for both solar and flat-panel equipment.
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It inspired a number of competitors, particularly as soft drink companies took notice of the demand for drinks with natural ingredients.
So they will no longer include what is known as soft facilities management, or contracts for catering, cleaning, security and IT.
Last year councils were warned they were seen as soft targets by metal thieves as new figures revealed the cost to them.
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Harry comes across as soft-spoken, but he's made of very strong stuff.
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It's against the election law for political parties to use the unregulated donations they get, known as soft money, to promote a particular candidate.
When people drink too many beverages containing added sugar, such as soft drinks, fruit drinks, energy or sports beverages, they tend to put on weight.
Goldman's revenue and profits have waned as soft global growth and volatile markets kept investors and clients on the sidelines, hoarding their cash instead of trading and making deals.
He labeled rivals Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry as soft on illegal immigrants for suggesting some leniency for specific categories, such as students or long-time community members.
On the stand Thursday, Woodward came across as soft-spoken, sweet and very believable, according to some who watched her testimony broadcast live in both the United States and England.
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Second, he painted Dukakis -- whom he (accurately) called "a card-carrying member of the ACLU" -- as soft on crime, using as his cudgel Dukakis' support for a prisoner-furlough program.
Now, before you start dismissing this as soft-as-tofu logic that just randomly happened to work at Coca-Cola, other experts at this small conference held at the Venetian chimed in in agreement.
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Hands as soft as an Italian leather jacket.
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This model even adds some of Sony's picture effects from the stills line, such as soft focus and miniature mode, while certain filters, like partial color and high-contrast monochrome can even be added to video.
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The White House confirms that President Bill Clinton will send a letter to the Federal Election Commission petitioning the agency to outlaw the large contributions from wealthy donors, corporations and labor unions known as soft money.
Western commercial angels are soothing creatures: in a world of stress their wings are as soft as fresh towels or bubble bath, their expressions gentle, their activity nothing more strenuous than praying, singing, or lightly dancing.
The lively restaurant buys its goat's cheese from a couple in their 80s, Maria and Vincente Cordona, who produce salty, smooth roundels of cheese, as soft and plump as a freshly iced wedding cake, from their smallholding a few miles inland.
Consultants, who advise clients on asset allocation and manager selection, as well as educate their advisory clients on brokerage matters such as soft dollaring and commission recapture, are not required to be licensed as brokers or registered as investment advisors.
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But there is a further explanation, rarely mentioned, which recent events have brought to the fore: that many voters, including some critics of Mr Berlusconi, see him as soft on tax evasion and so vote for him out of self-interest.
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White House strategists see an opportunity to paint Democrats who resist the president as soft on terrorism, much as they did after Democrats objected to some aspects of the new Homeland Security Department in 2002, or to the war in Iraq in 2004.
Actually, they may share the conservative views of many congressional Republicans, but they do not share their political habits, so it may be better to describe them as soft and smooth on the outside, with crunchy bits: the praline wing of the party.
Obama had already put in so much effort to show that he was tough on illegal immigration, just like all Democratic presidents or presidential candidates have to do because they're perceived by some voters as soft on border security in the same way that in the 1970s they were seen as soft on national security.
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