conciliator

• “For discussions allow passion to subside; and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator, is a step in the direction of peace.”

  Albert Gobat - Nobel Lecture

• “He was known as a conciliator in fractious times, diligently maintaining good relationships with people of all political stripes.”

  The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper

• “A 61-year-old former judge, Somchai Wongsawat, is known as a conciliator, in sharp contrast to his combative predecessor - and the protesters 'original target - Samak Sundaravej, whom a court forced from office last week for taking pay to host TV shows.”

  New York Sun - All Articles

• “Brasilia - Brazil is poised to become one of the 21st century's great powers, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told AFP, as he fended off international criticism of its role as a "conciliator" in dealings with Iran and Venezuela.”

  Mark Weisbrot: Morgenthau's Axis Debunked

• “But, as usual, Cohen misses the real story, just like his earlier judgments that George W. Bush would be a "conciliator" and that "only a fool or possibly a Frenchman" would doubt Colin Powell's U.N. speech.”

  Consortiumnews.com

• “In Asia, the U.S. role should be that of regional balancer and conciliator, replicating the role played by the U.K. in intra-European politics during the 19th and early 20th centuries.”

  The Wall Street Journal: As China Rises, A New U.S. Strategy

• “The union and airline have held further talks, assisted by a federally appointed conciliator amid threats of a strike by mid-February.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Caterpillar, Rio Initiate Lockouts in Canada

• “Presiding rather than leading, he followed the now recognizable script in casting himself the above-the-fray conciliator more interested in maintaining good will than making hard decisions.”

  The Huffington Post: Michael Brenner: Bare Bones Obama

• “He has long based his actions as an officeholder around being the conciliator who can bring different factions together.”

  Matthew Yglesias » The Big Lie

• “On the issue of health care reform, will he be a leader who stands on principle or a conciliator in an effort to consolidate power?”

  House Democrat: Health care bill in doubt without public plan

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