An initially conciliatory posture failed in 1919, leading Germany to institute an economic blockade of Poland in January 1920.

The trouble is that given North Korea's extreme isolation, it is difficult to know what drives its leaders toward more conciliatory postures.

But politicians here said the President seemed eager to adopt a conciliatory posture toward the army.

Diplomats said American pressure had played a role in persuading Panamanian officials to adopt a more conciliatory posture.

Clinton Administration officials are striking a conciliatory posture toward Mr. Helms, knowing full well that he despises most of the ideas for which they stand.

She favors a conciliatory posture with the Federacy.

Notturno indiano tends in fact to a conciliatory posture.

The conciliatory posture of the rapporteur, Mrs Oomen-Ruijten, has prevented quite a number of stumbling blocks.

Juscelino Kubitschek became president in 1956 and assumed a conciliatory posture towards the political opposition that allowed him to govern without major crises.

But he adopted a conciliatory posture on further negotiations with the powerful Chamber of Mines, an employers' association representing the major mining companies.