non-adversarial

Now we've come full circle: Angle is now denouncing the press as "unprofessional" for refusing to adopt the friendly, non-adversarial role she envisioned for it.

Sharron Angle: We shut out the media because they're unprofessional Greg Sargent 2010

It was the moment I had long awaited, in which he threw down the gauntlet of vision and forward thinking in real, do-able policy terms, in clear, pro-active, non-adversarial language, and economic reasoning.

W. Hunter Roberts: Notes of an Ex-Pat 2: Democrats Abroad W. Hunter Roberts 2011

It fairly allocates development and investment responsibilities through non-adversarial cooperation among all concerned parties: state, county and municipal officials; public planning agencies; property owners; private developers, civic organizations and individuals.

Smart growth bill capitalizes on Maryland transit 2011

This week's hearings into the Gulf oil spill are supposed to be non-adversarial.

Federal Investigators Probe Gulf Blowout 2010

This week's hearings into the Gulf oil spill are supposed to be non-adversarial.

Federal Investigators Probe Gulf Blowout 2010

Blatt said it was important to distinguish appeals from one federal court to another federal court, as was the situation in the 2007 prisoner case, and appeals from administrative agency decisions in "non-adversarial proceedings" intended to help veterans.

Supreme Court hears veterans' disability case 2010

Perhaps their most fatal flaw was the lack of legal representation for detainees at such hearings, which the Department of Defense curiously labeled "non-adversarial" proceedings.

David Frakt: My Debate with Marc Thiessen 2010

But, it puts the heat on them in a non-adversarial way.

Edwards Camp: Yes, Our Health Care Proposal Is Constitutional 2009

"New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Oregon have demonstrated that a majority authorization petition can genuinely determine the will of the employees to be unionized and provides a functional, largely non-adversarial and event-less process for insuring a fair work environment for everyone."

Art Levine: Romney, Chamber PR Blitz Ignores New Study Showing Unions Don't Coerce Workers 2009

And so I believe a new verb has been birthed: "To Obama": 1. to rise above personal assault for the greater good; 2. to take rivals, hold them close, and use their innumerable talents for service; 3. to apply a shrewd, common sense, non-adversarial approach to vastly complex problems.

SaraKay Smullens: "To Obama:" Introducing A New Verb: Part II 2009