| In addition to the important question of who receives the reports, other seemingly insignificant details can defang a proposal. |
| To be sure, Washington has been trying to defang this capability, but it has been living with it. |
| Even better, it might defang the other nine state laws as well, making it clear that they truly apply to everyone. |
| The Austrians argued that by including Mr Haider in government they would defang him, a trick the Swiss later tried to play on Mr Blocher. |
| He's very much aware of the fact that humor can be used to defang a problematic issue. |
| There is indeed a threat, but it is the Northern Irish parties themselves who are in the best position to defang it. |
