The Bank has kept its official rate of interest at 5 per cent since April, although the more recent trend in discussions within the MPC and in the Bank's official reports has been taken to be more "doveish" - favourable to rate cuts. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Has any other ambassador ever been described as doveish? ❋ Unknown (2009)
I was reading yesterday that she is "doveish", which either gives a new meaning to the word, or means "hawkish" is almost unimaginable. ❋ Jes (2009)
I also think that no, I mean hope that her rhetoric is for internal consumption, and that she may truly be 'doveish', and will click nicely with Obama. ❋ Jes (2009)
James Macintyre’s piece is well worth reading but I must admit I’m slightly puzzled by this piece of analysis: "... on defining international issues such as the invasion of Iraq (unlike Clinton and certainly unlike Cameron), Obama's position was closer to that of mainstream Europe - which, as led by President Jacques Chirac of France, tended to be more 'doveish' than 'hawkish'." ❋ Unknown (2008)
Gantz is thought to be relatively doveish on a military air strike against Iran, and his remarks were well within the boundaries of public statements by Israel's political and military elite. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Right now I might vote for Obama for a more doveish foreign policy and more liberal positions on cultural issues, or McCain for his more pro-free market bent. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Hillary Clinton should stay on the ballot and give Americans a TRUE choice: not too left and not too right not too old and not too young not too hawkish and not too doveish ❋ Unknown (2008)
"While Bush favoured aggressive neoconservative ideologues, Obama has selected people whose doveish credentials seem impeccable" The Guardian, Jan 11, 2009 ❋ Unknown (2009)
He struck a far more doveish tone than he did either in his inaugural address or on the campaign trail; it was clear quite his comments were not aimed at a domestic audience. ❋ Unknown (2009)
As The Forwardnotes, he was not only a player in the catastrophic Oslo appeasement process but also supported the informal ‘Geneva initiative’ which even doveish Israelis condemned as a suicide note for Israel. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Far more doveish than Rabin, he is regarded as a less trustworthy bargainer for Israel. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The idea of war -- real war -- to go after the men behind this heinous act was strangely acceptable to many of the most doveish among us. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2007)
BLITZER: The kidnapping, Yossi Sarid being a very doveish politician here in Israel. ❋ Unknown (2006)
It was the shock of September 11, Pollack writes, that made the United States reevaluate the risks of doveish containment of Iraq and to consider the possibility, and the risk, of actually toppling Saddam Hussein. ❋ Urquhart, Brian (2002)
And, by the way, I'm a little bit concerned about being a doveish retired general here ... ❋ Unknown (2002)
Well, I don't -- you see, McGovern may have been victimized by his views that were so much on the doveish side. ❋ Unknown (2001)
