Policy continuity eased this change of regime.

This should have eased fears about Brazil's future.

We set out when the rain had eased.

His joke eased the tension in the room.

In 1959, Cold War tensions eased a little.

Economic sanctions that are hurting Iran s troubled economy could be eased.

With sensible reforms, many barriers can be removed or at least eased.

The immense response by central banks and finance ministries has eased the strain.

He has eased tensions with China by focusing on what both sides can agree upon.

But, while financial strains have since eased, economic conditions on the eurozone s periphery remain shaky.

And Putin s handpicked successor, Dmitri Medvedev, had been eased into power, while Putin downshifted into the premiership.

However, Islamists were among the 29 parliamentary deputies pushing for constituency reform, a fact that eased their dilemma.

However, Islamists were among the 29 parliamentary deputies pushing for constituency reform, a fact that eased their dilemma.

In return for all of this, no new sanctions would be imposed, and access to aircraft spare parts would be eased.

Monetary policy will be eased as inflation becomes a non issue in advanced economies (and a lesser issue in emerging markets).

It was only in 1995 96 that the US eased its position and allowed the yen to depreciate against the dollar.

It has been a great ride for the US, and America s financial supremacy has certainly eased the burden of being a superpower.

But, as pressure from financial markets has eased, so has European leaders incentive to address problems with the eurozone s underlying economic and political dynamics.

You all deserve our heartfelt gratitude for your actions reduced the length of our prison time and eased our boredom while we were in prison.

Fifth, debt burdens that cannot be eased by growth, savings, or inflation must be rendered sustainable through orderly debt restructuring, debt reduction, and conversion of debt into equity.

Inflation eased back to 2.6 last month from 2.9 in June, although the Bank said this was expected and will pick up once again over the coming months.

After 1989, however, Western assistance, not least by the US and Britain, eased the transition to democracy, the rule of law, and market economies in most post communist countries.

But coming as it does only one month after the alarming Russian Georgian confrontation, it may offer real hope that tensions in the volatile Caucasus region can be eased.

Rajapaksa, for his part, has eased some of the travel restrictions in the Tamil dominated north after opening up sealed camps where more than 270,000 Tamils were interned for months.

Meetings are held every three weeks and are attended by the president, the prime minister, and his entire cabinet, providing a forum in which tensions can be discussed and eased.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 20 central banks around the world have eased monetary policy, following the lead of the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.

Economic sanctions that are hurting Iran s troubled economy could be eased. Security assurances could be provided to Iran and normal diplomatic relations between Iran and the US and others could be established.

Questions will be raised about which sanctions are to be eased and when about the terms of compliance inspections and about what will happen once some of the limits on Iran s nuclear activities expire.

While his parliamentary majority has approved many laws that promote his personal interests and have eased some of his legal difficulties, at the beginning of March, Berlusconi was again accused of corruption and tax fraud.

A tentative arrangement with Musharraf, together with Western support particularly from the United Kingdom and the United States eased her return, which hundreds of thousands of people welcomed, though terrorists greeted her with a string of suicide bombings.

Or he could have adopted a less aggressive strategy Concede from the start the German principle that debts are sacrosanct and then show that austerity could be eased without any reduction in the face value of Greek debt.

The US Federal Reserve has had to carry out a difficult balancing act with no sign of inflation on the horizon and at least some risk of deflation it has maintained low interest rates even as credit conditions have eased.

Currency devaluation is a zero sum game, because not all countries can depreciate and improve net exports at the same time. Monetary policy will be eased as inflation becomes a non issue in advanced economies (and a lesser issue in emerging markets).

While the blocking of foreign Web sites was eased during the Olympics, deletion of politically sensitive content from Chinese blogs and chat rooms continued unabated throughout 2008. Now, a new crackdown against vulgar Internet content is being used to clean up politically sensitive writings including discussion of Charter 08 , a pro democracy treatise signed by thousands of Chinese who discovered it online.

The US Federal Reserve has had to carry out a difficult balancing act with no sign of inflation on the horizon and at least some risk of deflation it has maintained low interest rates even as credit conditions have eased. Contrary to most commentary, this is not a growth strategy, but rather an attempt to limit the considerable risk of another major downturn, induced by further balance sheet damage in the housing sector.