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. Conversely, plain nouns for ethnic groups or nationalities are sometimes replaced with adjectivally softened terms like Colored Folks, African Americans , or Native Americans .
At the same time, requests for services from the foundation, which has the mission of providing free legal aid to poor people in order to make "equal access to justice" a reality, have increased as the economy has softened.
Touchy plot lines have been softened with creative dubbing, and the camp staff's stiff-armed salutes are never accompanied by "Heil Hitler."
For a time, therefore, the affairs of Muslim Spain were administered from the Almoravid headquarters in Granada, until they lost their grip on the peninsula, softened by their life of ease in Andalucía.
However, the resolution was softened to the point of ambiguity by the dissent (and eventual abstention) of Russia and China; the NYT says the UNSC resolution "skirts an outright threat to use force."