Sadly, it seems that thesoftly-softlyapproach has not been effective.
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Thesoftly-softlyapproach to these problems is no longer an option.
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Hissoftly-softly, slowly-slowly, "over a generation we will sort this out" policy is all very well, but those people need the cash now.
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This report admittedly takes a relativelysoftly-softlyapproach, but the underlying message is there.
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