Coddling

Try to rest, enjoy some tea and cookies (and chocolate) and some coddling from the good husband. ❋ Unknown (2007)

West said Castor bowed to political correctness in coddling Al-Arian. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Well I've gone through the gates of a federal pen to write a magazine article and there wasn't much of anything I'd characterize as coddling, most frightening place I've ever been. ❋ CC (2008)

Many children by such coddling, which is intended to prevent them catching cold, are rendered delicate and susceptible to chills. ❋ John Kirk (N/A)

He says he and his bother Joseph have about 20 bat houses scattered over their 400 acres of walnut trees near Winters, Calif., primarily to get rid of a common pest called the coddling moth. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Far from "coddling" the industry, Rep. Miller's legislation would help rectify this by establishing a new guarantee program for lenders who provide construction loans to builders with viable projects and track records of success. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In addition, occasional news articles in the national press alleging that the WRA was "coddling" the internees led to public demands for a crackdown. ❋ Unknown (2007)

During the recent presidential battle, China wasn't a major campaign issue -- a sharp change, for example, from 1992, when candidate Bill Clinton accused President George H.W. Bush of "coddling" Beijing's leaders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stressing education, drug treatment, and job placement isn't about "coddling" criminals, it's about expanding the tax base and reducing the very poverty that causes the vast majority of crime in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Los Angeles schools chief Ramon Cortines said Thursday that he's done "coddling" under-performing teachers and plans to streamline district operations to ensure sub-par educators are ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Some die-hards on the right -- who have never interrogated anyone -- are already arguing that forcing interrogations to be conducted within army field manual guidelines is a step backward and will result in 'coddling' dangerous terrorists," retired Colonel Stuart Herrington, who served for more than 30 years as a military intelligence officer, said soon after the order was signed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Any sort of meaningful program that might actually help an inmate make it on the outside is gutted as prisoner "coddling," assuring high recidivism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Illinois Democrat said the U.S. should end its "coddling" of the Iraqi government by beginning a reduction of troops in the next four to six months and pressuring Iraqis to work out agreements among their warring factions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But this solution is hard to do in the U.S. because too many people see it as "coddling" drug addicts. ❋ Unknown (2007)

By "coddling" illegals he breaks the 8th Commandment by stealing from tax payers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dallas Fed President: stop 'coddling' and break u... ❋ Unknown (2009)

When Clinton first ran for the White House, he made human rights an issue, accusing then President George HW Bush of "coddling" the communist dictatorship. ❋ Unknown (2008)

VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Senators Attack Bush Over Oil'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Five senators accused the Bush administration Thursday of "coddling" oil companies and the Saudi Arabian government - at the expense of Americans\' wallets. ❋ Unknown (2008)