detente

• For the touchy-feely spirituality that the screenwriters superimpose upon this tale of intergalactic detente is a total subversion of Sagan's original intent Carl Sagan always acknowledged the sincerity of many "religious" people, and he recognized the psychological need behind world faiths. —  EBSCOhost
• The world began to discover another Solzhenitsyn, one who inveighed against Western ways and institutions, prophesying doom for detente, and calling for moral renewal based on Christian values.
• Every time India and Pakistan head towards dialogue and detente, something explosive happens that pushes peace to the backburner and drags them back to the familiar old tense relationship, worsened by sabre-rattling war cries from both sides —  Countercurrents.org
• Their detente is wrecked however when the wives go hat-shopping for the Del-Mar races and Gretchen takes all the hot pink hats. —  Socialite Life
• The post-detente "second Cold War" was essentially a war of words -- strong and at times inflammatory words. —  A Step At A Time

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