However, his views softened and he removed his objection when the matter was broached again. Finally, they broached the topic and Jobs sat silent, looking skeptical. Before that, Plato, Aristotle and others broached the topic as well. Naosuke broached the topic to the Imperial court through his Envoy Manabe Akibuke. The idea had been broached several times from the 1960s onward. The question of Jo's fertility is first broached by her psychiatrist. Chambers had broached the possibility of a robbery to Campbell earlier in the summer. The exodus movement also broached broader topics of human rights and freedoms of Soviet citizens. The illegal liquor-making in the county is a topic not often broached in public. Some comedians have broached the subject, almost invariably in the form of social commentary. Nasser had first broached the subject of buying weapons from the Soviet Union in 1954. No. 10 continues the discussion of the question broached in Hamilton's Federalist No. 9. Ten torpedoes broached, made erratic runs, or were duds. The destroyer then broached and began breaking up in the surf; Comdr. Two torpedoes soon broached, and "Tullibee" broke off the attack.