Recently the rebels have indicated they are ready to take other conciliatory steps.

The dissidents said only that the meetings represented a positive and conciliatory first step by the Government.

A Coalition Preserved But as senior officials here see it, they have taken a big conciliatory step.

It promises further conciliatory steps once the talks begin.

If all goes well, the Administration seems disposed to take further conciliatory steps.

That seemed to be the conciliatory step.

By doing so, he took the conciliatory step of shelving his demand for a face-to-face meeting with his staff before any mediation could take place.

The insurgents have also announced a unilateral 11-day cease-fire and have called on the Government to take similar conciliatory steps.

Anyone asking Iran to take conciliatory steps, like suspending its uranium conversion, should recognize that this work is legal under international agreements.

The Bush administration is considering conciliatory steps toward North Korea.