But legislation is a blunt instrument for dealing with history.

To be blunt, the rule of law must be brought to disarmament.

Why should I watch a movie full of weird costumes and blunt themes.

The ECB will object, not without reason, that monetary policy is a blunt instrument with which to rebalance the European economy. A cut in policy rates or quantitative easing by another name will do nothing to enhance the troubled southern European economies competitiveness.

Andrew Carnegie, the richest man of Veblen s era, was blunt in his moral judgments.

Xi s criticism of the North s nuclear ambitions has become both unusually public and blunt.

Put differently, real interest rates are too blunt a stimulus tool, even if they work.

Of course, some businesses do use blunt versions of time of day or seasonal pricing.

But even opponents of Olmert s second war must face the blunt fact that Hamas is lethal.

Oil embargos turned out to be a blunt instrument that hurt many besides the targeted countries.

Turkey, to be blunt, will not recognize today s divided Cyprus as the sole representative of that island.

Quantitative easing is a blunt instrument, at best, and operates through highly circuitous and thus dubious channels.

He rightly believed that reducing the money supply would have been too blunt an instrument to use.

First, tighter sanctions make sense only as a diplomatic tool, not as a blunt instrument of coercion.

In Ukraine and Moldova, the Kremlin has worked hard, with some success, to blunt the appeal of Europe.

To be blunt, many of the world s largest economies are not fulfilling their financial pledges to the Fund.

Dominique Strauss Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was uncharacteristically blunt for an international official.

Let me be still more blunt. State terrorism is being supported by those who claim to fight terrorism.

And yet, I do believe that in every social space, in every public space, there is a desire to communicate more than just that blunt thought, that blunt technique, but something that pinpoints, and can point in various directions forward, backward, sideways and around.

Paragraph number two You may actually have to just get very blunt and say what's really on your mind.

So far, the regime has merely applied the same blunt measures that fueled Tibetans grievances in the first place.

Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

Many a government minister, Bank officer and NGO representative has experienced his blunt criticism, as well as his effusive praise.

Cuneiform texts were written on clay tablets, on which symbols were drawn with a blunt reed used as a stylus.

Patient capital is uncomfortable for people searching for simple solutions, easy categories, because we don't see profit as a blunt instrument.

The ECB will object, not without reason, that monetary policy is a blunt instrument with which to rebalance the European economy.

Witnesses said some of the dead were killed with knives or blunt objects and that dozens of villagers were still missing.

If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength but skill brings success.

This high level of sexual crimes committed against our children remains a blunt reminder of the moral decay in our society.

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But Chinese regulations are sometimes promulgated simply to blunt external criticism, and thus are seldom enforced, except when a case attracts international attention.

What is needed is to find a less belligerent, more liberal way to promote democracy, stressing international cooperation instead of blunt military force.

Cut the potatoes.

Whatever one thinks of laws against spreading hatred or insulting people, the law remains a blunt instrument when it came to matters of speech.

But if Hasina is to succeed in continuing to blunt Islamism, she must address the fundamental problems that have destabilized Bangladeshi society for decades.

The recent announcement of coordinated liquidity injections by the Fed and four other major central banks is, to be blunt, too little too late.

the electricity is cut

Tom cut Mary's hair.

Cut Now, Save Later

Germany can cut taxes.

Pledges to cut emissions

Take a short cut.

On paper, at least, this sizeable threat involving blunt fiscal contraction amounting to some 4 of GDP should have properly aligned incentives in Washington, DC.

A person with a naïve but sincere desire to do good threatens that protective shell, and one way to blunt the threat is to sneer.