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Examples
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Not really a place most of us want a "make-nice" environment.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro: Is it Time to "Einhorn" Specter? Joe The Nerd Ferraro 2010
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What happened to all your make-nice words last week about uniting the party? tidho
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(Not really a place most of us want a "make-nice" environment.)
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Before Stacy could take back her sarcasm, Bette was bending down over her in the chair offering a make-nice hug.
Sisters 2009
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So, maybe it's time to stop with the kissy-face, make-nice, we're all in this together routine and realize your true enemy -- the force that wants to end your presidency, along with the American middle class, and the country itself.
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Before Stacy could take back her sarcasm, Bette was bending down over her in the chair offering a make-nice hug.
Sisters 2009
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On other days, you pause and open up the door no one really wants to walk through as a make-nice gesture: “How are you doing these days?”
The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman 2009
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Poor Barbara Walters looks stun-gunned as she occupies Rosie's place at the table like a parakeet in a birdbath; Joy Behar seems bereft, stuck between Walters 'maternal platitudes and make-nice mouthings about celebrities (Paris Hilton's mother, such a trial these last days have been for her) and Elizabeth Hasselbeck's nattering chipmunk idiocies; and the guest panelists have brought nothing to the proceedings -- even Kathy Griffin didn't look or sound comfortable fielding the caroms.
Obstructed View (updated): James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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Near the end of their conversation, seeking a make-nice takeaway, a clearly embarrassed Brian Willliams lobbed Brokaw a softball question, hoping to elicit one tiny bit of self-reflection, but Brokaw actually made it worse, though such a thing didn't seem possible.
John Eskow: A Million People Murdered For a Lie, and To Tom Brokaw It's Just Business As Usual 2008
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It only reminds people that despite all the make-nice talk, Republicans are mean after all.
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