But his Government has been making public and private statements that are unusually conciliatory.

The day before, in an unusually conciliatory statement that was clearly intended to help break the deadlock over disarmament.

But if the reforms succeed, he added, in unusually conciliatory language, "the referendum may not prove necessary" at any time.

The plundering of the cemetery and the unusually conciliatory meaning of the name Hotepsekhemwy may be clues of a dynastic struggle.

Encouraging Words in Ulster Northern Ireland's rival parties exchanged unusually conciliatory pledges, raising hopes for a breakthrough in their stalemate.

He also highlighted Syria's unusually conciliatory gesture to investigate the fate of missing Israeli servicemen by meeting with their families today.

Shortly after the attack, Radovan Karadzic, the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, made an unusually conciliatory statement about the American peace proposals.

The Soviet Government, in response to a US diplomatic protest, was unusually conciliatory, stating that:

Northern Ireland's rival parties exchanged unusually conciliatory statements and pledges today, raising expectations of an imminent break in the stalemate blocking progress in their peace agreement.

Mr. Giuliani, in an unusually conciliatory tone, congratulated "the people who ran the campaign on the other side.