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dove

Another name for pigeon.

dove

Person who takes a moderate, sometimes pacifist, view on political issues. The term originated in the US during the Vietnam War. Its counterpart is a hawk. In more general usage today, a dove is equated with liberal policies, and a hawk with conservative ones.

Dove

River in Derbyshire, England, a tributary of the Trent; length 65 km/40 mi. The Dove rises on Axe Edge, 6 km/4 mi from Buxton, and forms the southwestern border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire as it flows south to join the Trent near Burton.

The valley of Dovedale, below Hartington, where the river runs through a rocky, wooded gorge some 3 km/2 mi long, is popular with walkers.



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That legacy hit the headlines in early December when the dovish education minister, Yuli Tamir, caused a storm by issuing a directive that the Green Line should be reintroduced in Israeli schoolbooks.
The trap of recognizing Israel by Cook, Jonathan / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
For example, in the 1990s, highly respected former Vice Chairman Alan Blinder found himself at policy odds with Chairman GreensPan after being perceived as taking a particularly dovish tone at the Fed's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The Fed's Mr. Dove by The International Economy
In its 2005 budget, the federal government pledged an additional $11 billion to the armed forces over five years, a move supported even by the New Democrats, Canada's dovish social-democratic party.
Canada's three solitudes by Dunsky, Dan / The National Interest
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