He was not nominated to satisfy or placate, but to succeed. From LearnThat.org. [Jacob A. Riis (1849 - 1914). Source: Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen, 1904]
COSSACK: Now, when you say "placate," give us a little more description. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2001] Reference
The human-rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the United Nations not to "placate" the government of the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
State -- all because you have to 'placate' the Irish interest. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920] Reference
Mrs Duhig said the boy then went back downstairs and his mum checked on her other children before going down to "placate" him. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference
"" My goal was to placate them, '' Mur - phy says. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure Of The Badlands] Reference
The studios seem eager to placate their biggest customers. From Wordnik.com. [Hit The Eject Button] Reference
The new deal will have to placate both Ferrari and the banks. From Wordnik.com. [A Grab For Power] Reference
President Obama began his presidency trying to placate Beijing. From Wordnik.com. [The Chinese Military Challenge] Reference
Maybe that will placate those who long for a manual transmission. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: BMW M5] Reference
Schools placate parents with easy course demands and lax grading. From Wordnik.com. [The School Reform Fraud] Reference
To placate the generals, Sharif assured Musharraf he would keep him on. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan's Striving Son] Reference
DECEMBER 1992 Bogus groundbreaking staged partly to placate Mrs. Disney. From Wordnik.com. [101 Frustrations] Reference
To placate his parents, he began studying medicine and law at the Sorbonne. From Wordnik.com. [Claude Chabrol, critic and filmmaker, dies at 80] Reference
Others overspent egregiously or deferred tough fiscal decisions to placate voters. From Wordnik.com. [Falling On Hard Times: Four States Of Siege] Reference
They tried to placate Sankoh while pushing their deployment further into the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Thin Blue Line] Reference
Part of the book is about my hatred of my physical self and yet my need to placate it. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Stephen Fry, British Polymath: A Twinterview] Reference
That should be enough to placate anyone cycling fan suffering from the post-Tour blues. From Wordnik.com. [Racing this Week: Eneco, Limousin, Plouay and women’s World Cup finale] Reference
NBC is reportedly seeking to placate "Today's" Katie Couric with a more generous contract. From Wordnik.com. [A Star Is Rehired, Fabulously] Reference
SF: I worry that the BBC will kill itself in its hurry to placate its enemies in the media. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Stephen Fry, British Polymath: A Twinterview] Reference
Japan's support was intended mainly to placate the United States, its largest export market. From Wordnik.com. [The Unending Japan Problem] Reference
Though they've met with the NIAF, the show's creators say they have no plans to placate them. From Wordnik.com. ['The Sopranos:' Making A Mob Hit] Reference
His remarks seemed designed to placate China-bashers dissatisfied with the letter of the two sorries. From Wordnik.com. [The Conflict To Come] Reference
Seeking to placate the domestic critics, China's leaders are hardening their stance toward the Americans. From Wordnik.com. [There’s Plenty Of Blame For All] Reference
It tried to placate big business by calling itself "managed competition," which had a private-enterprise aura. From Wordnik.com. [Health Care: The 'Con' That Failed] Reference
President Clinton might veto the bill as a way to placate angry liberals and to start bargaining over details. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Ignorance] Reference
And market liberalizations have rendered leaders less able to placate restive have-nots with pork, jobs and subsidies. From Wordnik.com. [Failed Expectations] Reference
For years he struggled, tearing up drawings, painting out canvases, doing whatever it took to placate his severest critic: himself. From Wordnik.com. [DE-LOVELY DE KOONING] Reference
Will Raúl be able to pull off a rapprochement with Washington quickly enough to placate the restiveness his opponents could exploit?. From Wordnik.com. [The Plot Against The Castros] Reference
Even access to the files is unlikely to placate diehard theorists like Stone, who concedes the files probably won't prove a conspiracy. From Wordnik.com. [Did The Mob Kill Jfk?] Reference
It tried to placate liberals and advocates of a Canadian-like "single payer" system by promising "universal coverage" with lavish benefits. From Wordnik.com. [Health Care: The 'Con' That Failed] Reference
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