| 单词 | placate |
| 例句 | On the morning the Romans were scheduled to leave, Piper was sitting on the pier at the canoe lake, trying to placate the naiads. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Still, I am able to be momentarily placated, knowing that this is something my parents might have understood, if they were here right now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The outside of the factory was a façade to placate the Nazis. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Together we manage employees’ problems, placate customers, massage vendors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “As to what I really do,” he said with a placating smile, “I’m a fool because I should like to be in Heaven before I die.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z His lords pleaded with him to build inland; his priests told him he must placate the gods by giving Elenei back to the sea; even his smallfolk begged him to relent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I ... I am in your service.. .Cinder made a placating gesture. “You are a tool in my hand,” the shadowed man interrupted gently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Croy had found the food packets and purifier in her knapsack and was making food with water from the fall, apparently trying to placate Shay. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Molly feels anger rising in her chest—at Dina’s unwillingness to accept her for who she is, at Terry’s judgments and Jack’s need to placate her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z An offering of woodlice will placate the Bowtruckle long enough to let a witch or wizard remove wand-wood from its tree. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s not looking for you,” Yossarian said, trying to placate him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “What happened?” he asked, in the placating tone used for a child, as if humoring his wife’s madness would make it go away quickly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The marriage was on the point of breaking up after two months because Aureliano Segundo, in an attempt to placate Petra Cotes, had a picture taken of her dressed as the Queen of Madagascar. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And it began hurriedly to sing in a very placating way, but rather muffled because it dared not uncurl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As an attempt to placate me, it was pretty transparent. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The small concession placated the demonstrators outside the courthouse and they agreed to leave, defusing the situation, at least for a while. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the school was in a border area, with white neighborhoods just east of it, did not placate conservative critics. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Hazel held up her hand in a placating gesture. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They sit there until Henry finishes his drink, Alex listening to the placating murmur of Henry talking about different brands of gin, thankful that for once Henry seems happy to carry the conversation alone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His foster mother at the time had tried to placate him with candy from the vending machine, but he had just cried under the table until she dragged him out and they went home. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He tried to placate me, he made all the right noises, he told me it was probably a load of rubbish anyway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Will raised his hands in a placating gesture. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The small concession—just one of perhaps a hundred much more important demands—placated no one. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Since he was a young boy, James could be placated by a treat from Alice’s kitchen, the sugar apple that cut short a fit or tantrum. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Jomo would have been the best person to ask about arigbe—indeed, to ask for advice on how best to placate Master. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This seems to placate her for the moment and I tell the same story to Elizabeth, with a few more details to Hilly, pinching my arm to bear her insipid smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “My appointment was for eleven,” says Salim with a placating smile. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Despite all this effort to placate the American government, however, pressure for fundamental change continued from Washington. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But the professor holds his hands out in a placating gesture. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her tone seemed placating; that caught his attention. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A second draft interim constitution in August gave greater powers to the regions, but this did not placate either Chief Buthelezi or the Conservative Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to be placated and their favor sought in order to ensure the fertility of the soil and the rotation of the seasons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper raised her hands in a placating gesture. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Frank wanted to say something to excuse Percy iand placate the god, but he didn’t know what. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Walter and I take turns muttering placating things about family and forgiveness, but we both have misgivings. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Rachel laid a placating hand on her husband’s sleeve. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z His life was organized, secure, and Master’s mother would have to be stopped from disrupting things; the first step was for Master to go and placate Olanna. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This was in spite of the fact that Henry did not take nearly the pains to placate him that everyone else did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He complained about seniority, but my sales record made them placate him some other way. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Not when invaders were threatening the Empire and the populous had to be placated. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Darkclaw sided with them while trying to placate the others, attempting to keep a foot in either camp, should it come to a vote. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I often find I have to flatter and placate men, because they take it as "aggressive" if you treat them like an equal, and I don't have time for every conflict over that. Loretta Lynn's music: That's how the Republican women I grew up with talked (behind men's backs) 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Both restaurants have sometimes had to placate confused or outraged customers. ‘Modern Mexican’ Steps Into the Spotlight 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z “I wasn’t placating people by going back to an acoustic sound,” Williams said. Singer Joy Williams gets acting bug after Showtime role 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z What else can he do but placate him for a chance at negotiating a new level of détente? "Rick and Morty," resistance heroes, face a new nemesis channeling our current uncertainties 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Resurrected just five years after Mr. Raimi’s final installment, the reborn franchise did the job, “won” the opening weekend, placated the fans. Movie Review: Andrew Garfield Returns in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ 2014-05-01T12:00:02Z Fusion’s conservative critics doubtless won’t be placated by this book, even though the authors say that those critics were ultimately what made the book possible. ‘Crime in Progress’ Tells the Story Behind the Steele Dossier 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Others, like the fashion and lifestyle public relations firms LaForce + Stevens and BPCM, alternate between the two agencies, in a gesture meant to placate both men. Unseating the Chronicler of the Night 2011-02-16T22:14:54Z Customers sometimes speculate that this Woodside Cafe was once a wholly Italian restaurant, quietly subsumed by a Nepalese chef who kept making Italian dishes to placate regulars, stealthily dropping them from the menu over time. Snacks of Nepal Are a High Point at Woodside Cafe in Queens 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The fan seemed placated by this gesture, before disappearing back into the throng. Tituss Burgess Gets Schooled on David Bowie 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z It aired on pay channel HBO; so with no need to placate advertisers, the scripts could be as vicious as the audience would put up with. The Larry Sanders Show | Your next box set 2010-03-19T06:45:00Z “Denise is a good part, with a great back story,” Michael assures her, in the placating tones of a showrunner managing the talent. Review: In Season 2, ‘The Good Place’ Blows Itself Up, Hilariously 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z To placate it, the man stops talking politics and gives his nose access to sex and ice cream. Wong Ping’s Candy-Colored, Taboo-Smashing World 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Was that to placate people who criticized the show for its lack of diversity? ArtsBeat: Julian Fellowes on Viewer Criticism and ‘Downton Abbey’s’ Future 2014-02-24T03:30:09Z For all the female agency on display, Barbie still has to placate and mollycoddle the insecure Ken. In "Barbie," of course Ken hijacks the journey of empowerment in a misguided tour of the patriarchy 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Others are intent on placating their political critics. Perspective | What’s a journalist supposed to be now — an activist? A stenographer? You’re asking the wrong question. 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Whether they hoped to attract a boy’s interest, sustain it, or placate him, it seemed their partner’s happiness was their main concern. It’s a “blow job” because it’s work: How guys push women to make oral sex as common as shaking hands 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z They might have tried to fight off their attacker, or they might have tried to placate him, or they might have just frozen. Perspective | #MeToo voices aren't too biased for the Harvey Weinstein jury. They’re necessary. 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z By emphasizing that sex is about pleasure—not about proving your manhood or proving your love or placating or manipulating someone—we might help prevent a lot of dysfunctional behavior. 5 things everyone should know about sex and relationships 2014-05-01T10:50:00Z As the president’s most dedicated servant, Herb is charged with placating Putin by secretly negotiating with Oleg Pishinsky, a Russian oligarch who dispatches his enemies with a nerve agent the CIA calls “Oil of Oleg.” Review | Christopher Buckley’s ‘Make Russia Great Again’ is the Trump satire we’ve been waiting for 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z But one by one, the actors were placated by the film’s directors, who wrote them letters praising their past work and urging their involvement. They Screamed, We Screamed. Now They’re in ‘Scream’ Again. 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z She described one encounter at the meeting of the Group of 20 nations in Osaka in 2019 when Trump seemed intent on placating the Russian leader. Takeaways from Trump aide’s account of chaotic White House 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z From the outside, the garden piques and placates, rather than denies, the curiosity of passers-by by providing many glimpses through and above the ring of trees, plants and fencing. Highlights ? and low points ? of Chihuly Garden and Glass 2012-05-21T03:52:02Z In another words, it’s anything but music to placate. Metric's Emily Haines: 'Nobody's Doing What We're Doing' 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s a position that by now must feel familiar to Melania Trump — her husband provokes while she placates. Amid uproar, Melania Trump placates as her husband provokes 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z In one manager’s report, Corden was described as being “extremely nasty” after he said he had found a hair in his food, demanding free drinks to be placated. James Corden Would Rather Not Talk About That Omelet 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z That hostility persists among Obama centrists more concerned with getting results than placating labor. ‘The Teacher Wars,’ Dana Goldstein’s History of Education 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z She seemed agitated but was quickly placated, and was soon reunited with her baby, who’d met a similar fate off camera. The Running of the Llamas 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Popcorn was on the menu for The Fifth Estate premiere The film itself cheekily concludes with Cumberbatch quoting from that same interview, a self-referential touch that may not be enough to placate the critics. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z She taught me early in my life to beware of placating or squeezing myself down to please the white gaze. ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z At the behest of her husband’s ghost, she expanded the mansion from eight to 160 rooms to placate the spirits of Winchester gun victims. Review | How to open your mind — and your heart — to contemporary art 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The announcer's task at such times was to reassure and placate the audience, and fill in the time as best as he or she could. Mary Malcolm obituary 2010-10-14T17:49:00Z They don't love that their social status and safety runs through men, and that maintaining both of those things means placating men's often imperious demands. Loretta Lynn's music: That's how the Republican women I grew up with talked (behind men's backs) 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z I happened to be having one of those days and tried to placate myself with a York peppermint pattie and some orange sherbet, but that didn’t quite improve my worldview. He liked to mow his own lawn. Until the ‘helpful’ neighbor came along Not that this would placate the conservatives demanding that ancient mythology be given a spot on a science education program. “Cosmic” meltdown! Neil deGrasse Tyson under siege from Christian right 2014-04-04T12:00:00Z Trying to please and placate each of these others, she runs an increasingly frenzied gamut of poses and responses. Theater Review: ‘A Doll’s House,’ With Hattie Morahan’s Frantic Nora 2014-02-28T03:00:01Z In it, Cuomo describes trying to placate President Donald Trump in order to get needed hospital beds, ventilators and other supplies for New York. Cuomo book on NY pandemic outbreak short on state missteps 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In this story, Jeanne is an atheist, yet she agrees to see a rabbi, seemingly to placate her oldest sister. This Week in Fiction: Allegra Goodman 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The play, staged this month and next in Berlin’s historic Volksbuehne, is an adaptation of Euripides’ 2,500-year-old story of a princess sacrificed by her father, the Greek King Agamemnon, to placate an angry goddess. Ancient Greek tragedy tells timeless story of Syrian flight 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z “I did not want ‘Tramps’ to be subject to a ‘Let’s put it in a random theater for a week to placate the filmmaker’ approach,” he continued. With ‘Tramps,’ Netflix Digs Deeper for Original Films 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z And each uses language to divergent ends — to wound or to placate, to unveil the truth or obscure it. | 'Born Bad': Unspeakable Truth, Unspoken 2011-04-08T23:43:43Z Harvey's previous recordings, as lead singer of indie rockers the Music, were divisive in their day, and he hasn't set about trying to placate his critics. The D.O.T: Diary – review 2013-05-02T20:45:01Z On 6 April Haki and his cousins and friends piled into a grey Kia minibus, hung a white flag from the window to placate passing American troops, and made their way to the main gate. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z And even though she tried to placate him by saying "it frees up more time to cook stuff from scratch," he was furious that she hired someone to do "something she could do herself." Women still belong in the kitchen, according to the advice-seeking men of Reddit 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z This is why apologies without action are meaningless—they are not catalysts of change, but rather a means of placating the public so that those in power can continue carrying on as they always have. Philadelphia's deadly MOVE bombing: Why we can't settle for apologies now 2020-08-15T04:00:00Z Like Sally, who has learned to say the right things to placate her mother, they're all just playing a part. "Mad Men" recap: Through the looking glass 2010-10-11T12:30:00Z But now international giants, historically deft at placating guests with stately buffets and fine, indeterminately European menus, are joining the fray. Can Food Tours Stray From the Beaten Path Without Ruining the Experience? 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Only the placating presence of his second wife, Nadira, and perhaps his old legs, seemed to stop him leaving this time. V.S. Naipaul hangs up travel hat after Africa book 2010-10-27T21:07:00Z “I started thinking about music and mind control — happy music being a way of keeping a certain level of peace, placating everyone,” Ms. Walker said. After a Blowup Kara Walker Lets Off Steam in New Orleans 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z David wants to placate his father, and perhaps spend some time with a man whose alcoholism has made him a less than ideal parent. Critic’s Notebook: Many Films Still in Running at Cannes for Palme d’Or 2013-05-23T22:01:08Z Her voice begins to rise and her placating demeanor begins to fall away. Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”: The stunning Netflix special that made Louis C.K.’s comedy irr... 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Last week Mark Carney, the new governor of the Bank of England, speedily had to produce a banknote from his back pocket to placate Caroline Criado-Perez. What now for Britain's new-wave feminists – after page 3 and £10 notes? 2013-07-27T21:15:01Z His remaining male hostages tried to question, reason with, and placate him. Art ponders violence in new Dayna Hanson piece 2013-12-07T22:19:07Z Those are the ones you learn to tune out and placate. TV comedy producers share pet peeves, regrets 2010-06-15T07:30:00Z But the internet had already cited her for several violations, including appropriating gay culture and purportedly reducing the number of drag queens onstage to placate Migos, which, in her critics’ minds, made her the villain. Katy Perry Woke Up. She Wants to Tell You All About It. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z In the second movement, this call-response pattern was transformed into a high-intensity dramatic dialogue, with the symphony forces rumbling menacingly at the piano's apologetic attempts to placate its angry partner. Review: Varga, in elegant form, leads SSO in inspiring program 2010-04-16T18:02:00Z Other patrons placated Weinstein later, when one of several infuriated crowd members accosted him at his table. Daniel Sloss’s “X,” a Laddish Comic’s Reckoning with #MeToo 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z In one scene, efforts are made to placate bruised second banana Desi with an executive producer credit for "I Love Lucy." Being Desi Arnaz: The "flawed genius" that "Being the Ricardos" doesn’t show – or see 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Princess Carolyn is in the business of placating overgrown, emotionally needy babies, a job that keeps her so busy that she can’t even find the time to name her own adopted child. "BoJack Horseman": Can this dark horse find light at the end of the race? 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Concluding that there is no use trying to placate these emotional objectors, Miss Manners has decided to go in the opposite direction by citing other rules they will hate: Perspective | Miss Manners: White shoes, hidden watches and odd-numbered pearls 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z It suggests we have Cameron making another shallow, opportunistic gesture to placate a populace he imagines to be as careless and uninformed about vital matters as he is. Lucy Mangan: does David Cameron care about child abuse? 2013-07-27T08:00:41Z They, too, were placated by the idea of chance. Tipping breeds indentured servitude 2013-09-09T12:00:00Z But this is how Hamm prefers to punctuate the dreary sameness of his days: with bursts of unprovoked aggression that send Clov scrambling to placate him. ‘Endgame’ Review: A Laugh at the Apocalypse? 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Though wracked with guilt over his dog’s crime, confrontation-averse Michael ducks responsibility and defers to Eden’s brazen lies as they try to placate their frantic neighbors. 'A Dog's House' reveals a tell-tail heart 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Quentin Tarantino will not edit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to placate Chinese censors, the Hollywood Reporter said. Quentin Tarantino won't censor Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for China – report 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z The play, staged this month and next in Berlin’s historic Volksbuehne, is an adaptation of Euripides’ 2,500-year-old story of a princess sacrificed by her father, the Greek King Agamemnon, to placate an angry goddess. Ancient Greek tragedy tells timeless story of Syrian flight 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Critics, such as Suu Kyi, see the elections as a public relations exercise, designed to placate an outside world increasingly frustrated with Burma's intransigence. Burma activists say hands up for democracy 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z Contemporary Maya religious practice suggests that giant censers like those in the show were treated as living beings, to be fed, clothed, coddled and placated. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z We have a magnetic leader, one who lies continually and remorselessly—not pathologically but strategically, to placate his opponents, to inflame the furies of his core constituency, and to foment chaos. When It’s Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Fortunately, Delvin’s employer is a master at placating local town leaders with happy pictures of “antic burlesque,” while secretly displaying photographs of lynchings for their real patrons. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z There’s a reason that volcanoes have, throughout human history, been worshiped and placated like gods. ‘Fire of Love’ Review: A Volcanic Romance 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z He is the one who has to put a show on the stage and placate a public that prefers buffo comedy and singers with good high C’s. Music Review: Words or Music: Why Choose? 2011-03-29T22:23:23Z At home, Amma performs an antique and docile femininity to placate her mother’s demands. Amy Adams Unravels in “Sharp Objects” 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z It was up to Mr. Connell to stop the show, placate the audience and, after the fallen soldier proved unhurt, resume the blizzard. Thomas H. Connell III, Longtime Met Stage Manager, Dies at 67 2010-04-28T03:34:00Z You are more likely to overtip a surly waiter to placate him, or her. Notes on the End of Restaurant Tipping 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z I’ve put my emotional needs on the back burner to placate his family, but I don’t want to continue making this sacrifice. We Can’t Hide This Relationship Forever 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z “Sure,” he said with a “placate the crazy woman” tone. Modern Love: Taking a Step Forward - Modern Love 2011-12-15T20:01:02Z Because of the commercials, because of the need to placate the maximum number of eyeballs, happy endings abound, redemption abounds, perfect revenge is often achieved in an action sequence. Hot seat: David Simon explains "Treme" 2011-07-04T12:05:00Z Jane has a larger problem to deal with than placating a repentant ex. Bad romance: The problem with "Thor" is that the MCU is better at thunder than love 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z But Peggy quickly placates Arnold by offering to become a friend with benefits. 'TURN: Washington's Spies' recap: Plot against Patriot army backfires 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Eventually, she placated us with a few basic biological details, hoping they would be enough to stop the questions. It’s my mother’s fault I stole her letters 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Instead of bonding with others over the experience of Trich, my sense of marginalization felt placated by the group ethic. My secret hair pulling 2012-09-09T00:00:00Z “Otherwise, what would be the point,” she asks, “of memory, without which/ we would have nothing to hurt/ or placate ourselves with later?” Poet Paisley Rekdal should be better known, and 'Imaginary Vessels' may be the collection to do it 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z And already there is cause to sing his praises again, as he rejects grudging attempts by the Daily Mail to placate him over a false story which it published about his impending marriage. George Clooney and the Daily Mail: can the man get any cooler? 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z But you dig into the way that our society constructs male entitlement to placating, flattering attention from women. From mansplainers to sexual assaulters, Kate Manne explains how society empowers men to harm women 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z A melodramatic, self-destructive alcoholic, Agnes is, nonetheless, adored by Shuggie, whose days revolve around her problem — placating her, attempting bootlessly to keep her from drink and creating a ruckus. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is among the best audiobooks this month 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z His more extreme opponents have not been placated, however, and several hundred picketed the season’s opening night. The (controversial) ‘Klinghoffer’ show will go on at The Met 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Critics of “The Simpsons” were hardly placated and called the scene tone-deaf. Why Hank Azaria Won’t Play Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ Anymore 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z In Williams' drama, two titanic characters compete for the soul of a third, Stella, Stanley’s pregnant wife and Blanche’s placating sister. Theatrical victory belongs to Blanche in 'Streetcar' opera 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z At 26, Nick Jonas is already 19 years into his show-business career, and was able to placate the antsy press corps with his practiced charm. Waiting for the Jonas Brothers 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z This isn't the family dynamic that I want: angry dad, placating/nagging mom. Perspective | How do I talk to my husband about his temper? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The pilot of an Air Canada flight that was stuck on the tarmac on Monday night tried his best to placate passengers by ordering nearly two dozen pizzas to be delivered to the plane. Air Canada pilot orders 23 pizzas for passengers stuck on diverted plane 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z We placated and pleased — which ultimately led to our undoing. The man I married twice 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z But the publishers were not placated and the action continued. Just for once, Google has been given a bloody nose 2011-03-27T00:10:00Z “It’s not the job of films to placate you. Films can talk about things that are uncomfortable.” An L.G.B.T. Pakistani Film, Banned at Home, Is Celebrated Abroad 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Midge has started taking a patronizing tone with Joel, talking to him like another one of her kids with whom she has to be patient, placating. "Mrs. Maisel" and the myth of the sacrificial ex-husband 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z The “theory” Sontag is referring to—how Aristotle countered Plato’s idea that art was useless by suggesting that its true utility might be in inciting and placating our emotions—is, of course, limiting. Music to Forget Yourself With 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The man is placated, but he’ll be agitated further when he happens upon her entertaining the aforementioned filmmaker. ‘Yourself and Yours’ Review: Romance, Alcohol and a Puzzle 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Artistic directors of orchestras, opera companies and chamber ensembles struggled to placate tradition-bound subscribers while also enticing those eager for challenging, even confounding modern music. New York City Ballet Uses Contemporary Classical Music 2010-06-11T14:17:00Z On "Room 237," Kubrick's estate was eventually placated with a lengthy disclaimer that, on screen, usually results in one of the movie's biggest laughs because it just keeps going ... and going ... and going. 'L.A. Plays Itself' is finally coming to home video. Here's how. 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z But many in Venezuela are not placated, calling Dudamel’s actions too little, too late. Dudamel dedicates concert to a slain student in Venezuela — and opens a new chapter with the L.A. Phil 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Scorsese’s strongest belief is that cinema should be about more than placating fans. Scorsese, De Niro and Pacino on time and ‘The Irishman’ 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z But I never liked the concept of a civil partnership; it felt very much like we were being placated. We were ‘married.’ Yet the Supreme Court ruling made us want an ‘I re-do!’ 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z There are moments throughout history, however, when Presidents either elevate the populace, or pander and placate them as they crawl through the bacterial mud of paranoia, arrogance, and dysfunction. Which American dream will win?: Donald Trump as existential hero and the ugliness lurking in the “dream life of our nation” 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z “I will soothe you, but I will not f—king placate you.” Metric's Emily Haines: 'Nobody's Doing What We're Doing' 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z To placate their golden goose, the bosses arrange a heavily publicized junket through real America. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z But the forgiving nightingale returns, death is placated by the bird’s rapturous song, and the emperor is reprieved. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z Robertson ducked out of the bathroom to placate the Beatles—“Bob’s just freshening up”—and returned to find that Dylan had slipped, for a moment, beneath the water. Robbie Robertson Offers His Story of the Band 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The network infected journalism with the disease of false equivalency and obfuscation, as organizations contorted themselves to placate accusations of liberal bias. Fox News: 25 years of making everyone's lives progressively crappier 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “The empire had collapsed. The whole business of trying to placate the former colonial people — my art suddenly served that purpose,” said Bowling. Frank Bowling’s New Paintings Are Family Affairs 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Even when Republican politicians tried to placate the restive anti-abortion wing of their party, they could count on campaign finance restrictions that favored the party machines, which in turn could crush any upstart competition. Abortion Politics, Money and the Reshaping of the G.O.P. 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z He says that, for most people, the park placates that need. ‘Westworld,’ Season 1, Episode 5: The Search for Meaning 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Now that "Burn Notice" is done for the season, you might be able to placate yourself with this one. TV Picks: The new 'Covert Affairs' on USA 2010-09-03T20:34:00Z Blair Underwood, playing Tyson's soft-spoken son, tried to placate them but to little avail. Cicely Tyson makes a trip that is 'Bountiful' indeed 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z The same language is posted on a sign inside the club, an effort to placate customers who might be unhappy while also preserving comedy customs. Louis C.K. Performs Again, but Club Gives Patrons an Out 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The climax of the opera comes with Orfeo’s hypnotic song when he attempts to placate Charon, the boatman at the river to the underworld, and pleads for permission to cross. Review: An Inspiring End to a 6-Month Tour of Monteverdi’s Operas 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z There's also the immediate question of how to placate the two firms' competing clients. TV highlights 15/05/2013 2013-05-15T06:00:15Z It’s not your job to placate anyone — though I recognize that women often feel pressured to. I Refused to Switch Seats on a Plane. Twice. Was I Wrong? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “People are willing to pay money to hear art that challenges them rather than placates them.” Eric Banks: Esoterics founder an explorer of new vocal worlds 2013-05-04T14:34:47Z He also heard from restaurant owners, who said his experiment underscored the problem of trying to placate customers to get high ratings. Five Stars, Zero Clue: Fighting the ‘Scourge’ of Fake Online Reviews 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z It’s enough period drama to placate the most ardent “Downton Abbey” fan. PBS’s ‘Home Fires’ and ‘The Widower,’ Slaking a Period-Drama Thirst 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z They are consulting with their union representatives, not placated by generous French severance packages and unemployment benefits. | Closin' Up the Ritz 2011-10-31T22:23:54Z So the company added what Mr. Jammet calls a concierge during peak hours to make sure that the grab-and-go contingent gets help if need be, and to welcome — and placate — the people in line. Help Wanted: Someone to Soothe the Restaurant Line 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Collections of essays and reviews are the neglected stepchildren of book publishing, generally undertaken to please or placate an author rather than as sales-worthy ventures in themselves. From Don DeLillo to Marilyn Monroe: Lorrie Moore’s First Essay Collection 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z They have been tenacious in pursuing this and have achieved what so many other exhibitions fail to find: an objectivity that may placate no one but will provoke actual thoughtfulness. Review | The American Indian museum comes of age by tackling this country’s lies 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z But such reasoning hasn’t done much to placate activists. Picasso Mural Torn From Building After Years of Dispute 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Driven more by a need to placate than explore, the second season devolved into a much more standard, though still well-written and hypnotically performed police drama. For 'The Killing,' closure is less than thrilling 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z But on the day it was delivered, March 4, 1865, with the Union on the brink of victory in the Civil War, Lincoln had trouble placating his own party, much less his political opponents. 24 Tense Hours in Abraham Lincoln’s Life 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z In it, a gay Taiwanese man gets into an arranged marriage with a female neighbor to placate his strictly traditional parents, to whom he isn't yet out. Like 'Biutiful'? Scarecrow suggests other Best Foreign Film nominees 2011-02-03T20:56:07Z The A.I. achieves its ends insidiously: in order to placate humanity as it expands its paper-clip empire, it establishes world peace and cures cancer. The Unexpected Philosophical Depths of Clicker Games 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z United attempted to placate Rein by telling her that there was smoking allowed and that men took off their shoes. Sexism at 40,000 feet: When United banned women from boarding their men-only "executive" flights 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z In an email to The Times, Ms. Landres said she thought that the effort to “balance” the Forensic exhibition was designed to placate some of the college’s more conservative trustees. What Did Museum Sign Up For: Exhibition or Investigation? 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z It doesn’t assess America’s racial attitudes based on the headlines of the day or use its story, which revolves around custody of a biracial child, to placate or to inflame. ‘Black or White’ Stars Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The book’s best line: “That was just a placating bedtime story your mother told you.” Books of The Times: ‘The Good Luck of Right Now’ Is a Story of Cute Misfits 2014-02-10T21:44:43Z Obamacare, by placating the insurance industry, was a quintessential compromise — as was the haggling after the 2008 financial crisis that kept even the most notorious bankers from jail. The Cry of the Centrist: In ‘Tailspin,’ Steven Brill Bemoans a Polarized America 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z It seems that music is here to placate now, rather than provoke. Suede brushes up 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z Native Americans and Mexicans are placated and then overrun, forced out or slaughtered. Los Angeles Through the Centuries, Glimpsed by Kerouac, de Beauvoir, Waugh and Others 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Fortunately, Delvin’s employer is a master at placating local town leaders with happy pictures of “antic burlesque,” while secretly displaying photographs of lynchings for their real patrons. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z She invents many of the drugs her heroine ingests, the way Don DeLillo invented Dylar, to placate the fear of death, in “White Noise.” A Sleeping Beauty Hopes Hibernation Is the Answer to All Life’s Problems 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z In those days, I wanted to offer something so perfect that it would placate all parental disappointment, something that could garner only praise. Leaving a Religion and a Marriage, and Gaining a Chicken Soup 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Last year's event was held in early October and participants got drenched: Maybe the September date will placate the wet-weather gremlins. Lit Life: Skagit River Poetry Fest has fine lineup of readings, events 2012-05-04T21:54:04Z While Bruce has a placating manner, Mr. Whaley has endowed him with a defensive whine that is, well, pretty irritating. | 'Marie and Bruce': There?s Room for Everyone Aboard a Marital Misery Tour 2011-04-06T03:00:05Z If the title “The Good Wife” weren’t taken, Tracy Thorne could have used it for this sneaky new monologue, in which she plays a well-heeled white woman whose soothing voice is perfect for placating. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z "I don't write to placate publishers' economic ideas," she said. Novelist Sapphire complains of 'very real' racism in the arts 2011-08-23T14:37:08Z In advance of the second season, AMC has tried to court back these fans, or at least placate them. Can ?The Killing? Make a Comeback? 2012-03-18T03:49:06Z In the case of Byron and Hazel, that means he feels free to submit his wife to an invasive medical procedure to placate his ego. Dark comedy "Made for Love" is HBO Max's "Black Mirror"-lite tale of bad romance turned sociopathic 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z They spin gold into flax, striving to placate the unworthy sufficiently so as, one day, to be admitted to their number. David Mamet on Ricky Jay, a Great Astonisher and ‘Truest Friend’ 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Some, at the time, felt Ashe had compromised his principles to placate his best player, but there was something deeper going on. Why Arthur Ashe Is the Spiritual Father of Colin Kaepernick 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z This act of censorship is itself highly political, aimed as it is at placating the Chinese government. Noises off: Playing politics can still be seriously dramatic 2010-09-08T15:22:00Z When Timmy emerges from his bedroom, his attempts to placate each parent only compound the problem. Theater Review | 'The Subject Was Roses': A Family Talks a Lot but Says Too Little 2010-02-27T00:53:00Z The woman who emerges from this memoir seems much like the young girl she was, a very human mixture of insecure and fearless, thorny and placating, buoyant and depressed. Review: Carrie Brownstein’s ‘Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl’ 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Gucci quickly said that the piece was a riff on Mr. Day’s, and few of the critics were placated. Thanks, Internet Outrage! Now Dapper Dan and Gucci Are Buds. 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z There was a party that the magazine was hosting in Mr. Affleck’s honor, and he needed to be placated. The Chaos at Condé Nast 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z It’s a mind-altering drug meant to placate Americans who worship wealth but don’t necessarily have it, who hold faith that those who do will somehow see fit to share it. How One America News sells an altered reality 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Waystar's biggest investors threaten to pull their financial stake or enact a takeover, only to be placated. "Succession" presents the "Chiantishire" dog show, starring the well-bred Roys 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Hudson Institute scholar Thomas J. Duesterberg believes placating Mr. Xi will not change China’s behavior that is seeking to challenge American interests worldwide. China state-controlled outlets reveal Xi Jinping’s goals for APEC summit, Biden meeting 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z His promise to hold a referendum on EU membership, a bid to placate rebellious Conservatives and to ward off the right-wing U.K. Why David Cameron is a surprising choice as new UK foreign policy chief after fateful Brexit vote 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z So, he will either try to find ways to placate the maniacs while preventing them from blowing up the Republican Party along with our national economy or go all in on theocratic authoritarianism. Mike Johnson's "biblical” economics: Using Christian nationalism to "enhance plutocratic wealth" 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z He is now seeking to placate those with a differing view. Hussain departure makes things awkward for Labour frontbench 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z But he has taken a more placating tone since arriving here, while insisting that he continues to quietly raise the issue without lecturing Indian counterparts about what they consider to be domestic issues. Eric Garcetti finally got his ambassadorship. But he’s not done yet 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z She is supposed to be a loud-mouthed troll, which is the lingua franca of the movement, but also to remember that her role as a woman is to be accommodating, submissive and placating to men. Nancy Mace learns the lesson of Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene: MAGA is not for ladies 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The fourth-term lawmaker from Louisiana will try to pass three 2024 spending bills, which could help placate hardline conservatives, before turning to a stopgap measure to keep federal agencies funded past Nov. 17. New US House Republican speaker faces early test on government funding 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z But if he is successful in gaining control of soccer operations and oversees a period of success, he could help to placate them and ease tension around the club. Jim Ratcliffe could have a major say in Manchester United if he buys a minority stake in the club 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z She says she repeatedly finds herself placating customers who are upset at the high prices. These L.A. strippers won a union. But the dance isn't over 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The ousted speaker had relied on his skills of working with factions and placating the GOP’s radical flank. Interim House speaker's first order is to boot Nancy Pelosi out of Capitol office 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z She's on an apology tour, trying to placate Republican voters who complain that her behavior is not "Christian." Nancy Mace learns the lesson of Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene: MAGA is not for ladies 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The congressman, he said, had long relied on his skills of working with factions and placating the party’s radical flank. News Analysis: McCarthy's once formidable powers of persuasion couldn't stop a humiliating, historic defeat 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z First, in 2021, the governor tried to placate Black leaders and voters who were miffed because he didn’t replace Vice President Kamala Harris in the Senate with another Black woman. Column: Senate appointment extricates Newsom from a major screw-up 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z As Speaker his attempts to placate his right flank infuriated Democrats, with the ditching of Ukraine aid in the short-term funding bill the latest example. Kevin McCarthy has gone. Why was he removed and who might replace him? 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z So again, I ask — are we addressing the supportive housing crisis, or are we placating in the name of compassion? How we unwittingly perpetuate homelessness and how to stop the cycle | Op-Ed 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But cooking is not the protagonist’s only job, we quickly learn: She is meant to role-play as the billionaire’s Korean wife, who has disappeared, in order to placate the investors. During lockdown, a California novelist's hit debut felt like a curse. It also inspired her 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Rebuilding a relationship with Reyna could also help placate the sector of the fan bases that has inexplicably sided with Reyna, who was such a distraction in Qatar he was nearly sent home. Why Gregg Berhalter 2.0 could be better than his previous stint with U.S. Soccer 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z London pledged to introduce laws to placate the DUP, but has yet to table any proposals after months of talks. Irish PM downbeat on chances of end to Northern Ireland political stalemate 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Italy has the G7 presidency next year and recasting its relationship with Beijing would placate its Western allies, who are fearful of Chinese influence, while reducing the risk of a backlash from Beijing. Italian PM: Strong partnership with China more important than BRI 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Italy has the G7 presidency next year and recasting its relationship with Beijing would placate its Western allies. Italian PM tells China's premier of plan to quit Belt and Road Initiative -media 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Redefining the relationship would placate Italy's G7 partners while maintaining good business links with Beijing. China keen to work with Italy on trade despite Belt and Road misgivings 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Unions staged a strike a month ago but suspended their action following an offer of talks with the government, but those did not result in concessions sufficient to placate organised labour. Nigerian workers strike to demand reversal of Tinubu's reforms 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z “And rather than reverse current policy, enforce the law, and provide them the tools to return order to our nation’s borders, he tries to placate them with a monetary reward,” Mr. Morgan said. Non-labor day: ‘Santa’ Mayorkas grants another day’s leave to DHS employees 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The data also showed that companies announcing support for abortion care boosted wages 4% compared with peers, which could have been a result of them trying to “placate the employee base,” she added. Companies backing abortion care lure applicants, but staff less happy 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Some hospital administrators encourage staff to placate aggressive visitors and patients because they are worried about getting bad reviews, Burger said. Attacks at US medical centers show why health care is one of the nation’s most violent fields 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Analysts say that Mr. Steenhuisen is eager to placate white South Africans, who might be attracted to parties to his right, ahead of elections next year. ‘Kill the Boer’ Song Fuels Backlash in South Africa and U.S. 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z As CNN reported on July 21, McCarthy feels a need to "placate" Trump. MAGA longs to impeach Joe Biden — and un-impeach Donald Trump. It won't work 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z In 2021 IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva came under fire after allegations that while she was a World Bank official, she and others pressured staffers to change business rankings in an effort to placate China. Lawmakers press for more scrutiny over China’s ‘malign influence’ at development bank 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z It's where she learnt to read men by the way they treated her and to placate egos when needed, or shred them to bits if they threatened to destroy her own. The remarkable story of a fiery Indian courtesan 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The government’s strong condemnations of the protests have caused a backlash domestically with critics accusing Kristersson of bending over backward to placate Turkey. Sweden’s rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Western officials have worked for months to placate the Turkish leader, to no avail. Biden Hosts Sweden’s Prime Minister as the Nordic Nation Looks to Join NATO 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z And National Council of Resistance of Iran representatives have accused the Biden administration of downplaying attacks against the MEK in a bid to placate Tehran. Iranian dissidents hold major rally in France calling for regime change in Tehran 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z And thoughts are now turning to how to placate communities who will be affected. Pylons: Is Scotland the blueprint for Suffolk's energy coast? 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z And it has also helped to placate Tuareg-led rebels in northern Mali who halted their separatist uprising with the 2015 Algiers Accord. Analysis: Mali faces spectre of anarchy after demanding UN's departure 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Attempting to placate hard-line allies who resent any attempt at compromise, Mr. Netanyahu tried to sabotage what is usually a routine vote to elect new members of a committee that chooses new judges. Israel’s Judicial Crisis Resurfaces as Compromise Talks Abruptly Halt 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The previous administration of President Moon Jae-in sought to placate China. South Korea faces China down in diplomatic escalation 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z "Bob's rude," she placated him, "He loves to be an enigma." Joni Mitchell makes triumphant return to the stage 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z These guys are placating the right all across this country. A Conversation With Gavin Newsom About the ‘California Effect’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Others tried to placate me with bromides, which felt dismissive. Depression is an illness — and it's time we got real about that 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Lesser writers would have kept her in order to placate the audience. A bittersweet goodbye to ‘Barry’: The cast on the dramatic turns of the hit man comedy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Some analysts believe Khan will have to placate the generals in some way for him to survive. Analysis: Pakistan in uncharted territory as army seeks to vanquish Imran Khan 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z They sought to placate Beijing, saying their policies were "not designed to harm China nor do we seek to thwart China's economic progress and development". G7: Taking a stand against China's economic coercion 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z He placated the army temporarily, but when it became clear he intended to pull France out of Algeria, a paramilitary terrorist group twice tried to assassinate him. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the need to placate their feudal lords ensured that kings gave away lands and privileges, often weakening them and driving them to look for ways to maximize their resources. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The approval is being interpreted by some as the administration’s attempt to placate Mr. Manchin, who in recent weeks has railed against what he calls the Biden administration’s “radical climate agenda.” Biden Administration Approves Key Permit for West Virginia Gas Pipeline 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z CNN did this to placate Trump, to help manifest the sick circus that unfolded, just as they wanted. Trump's CNN town hall was a failure 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z That means any administration must undertake a perilous balancing act of placating an electorate worn down by austerity and now inflation with keeping markets happy. Past austerity haunts Greek election as voters struggle with living costs 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z But other factions in the party threatened to withhold their support this week, forcing leaders to freeze floor proceedings on Wednesday as they tried to twist arms and placate holdouts. House Approves Stringent G.O.P. Border Bill, Attacking Biden on Immigration 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z To placate the papacy, Hohenstaufen ruler Frederick II agreed to lead a new crusade, but personal misfortune and lack of enthusiasm among Europe’s vassals hindered his ability to get underway. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In recent months, Mr. Biden has taken steps to bolster fossil fuels and placate centrists, while also trying to deflect Republican criticism that his climate policies are harming American energy security. Biden Administration Approves Key Permit for West Virginia Gas Pipeline 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z "The fact that you had to placate and schmooze people that you didn't really like, because you did not upset them, as they were judges." Len Goodman obituary: From the East End to Strictly Come Dancing studio 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z “Scientific publishers have really gone out of their way to placate the censorship requests,” he said. Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z “This is who the international community has been placating.” Civilian toll rises in Sudan as military, rivals fight for control 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z They will also help placate investor concerns about a slowdown in the U.S. market, where the strong demand that boosted European fashion houses last year is showing signs of waning, particularly among younger, lower-spending shoppers. LVMH Q1 sales lifted by strong Chinese rebound 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z But the Army agreed to the wider configuration, in part to help the county placate “a very vocal and somewhat powerful bike constituency” that demanded the path’s inclusion, Kelley said. County seeks cash for land to expand Arlington cemetery 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z If nothing else, we will see what each character actually wants, absent provoking, punishing or still attempting to placate their father. 'Succession' just killed off a major character. Where does the show go from here? 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z She wanted to placate students who said they were upset with Judge Duncan — “and to, I hoped, give the judge space to speak his prepared remarks.” At Stanford Law School, the Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work? 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Yet, Gov. Kelly has repeatedly vetoed this legislation, showing she cares more about placating her party’s far-left activist base than safeguarding her state’s female athletes.” Kansas Legislature overrides Democratic governor to ban biological males from female sports 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Such statements have done little to placate residents however. A Bay Area city reels from refinery's hazardous fallout. Did warnings come too late? 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Stockholm has made efforts to placate him, including adopting a new antiterrorism law. Finland Clears Last Hurdle to Joining NATO 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Sanderson said he wasn’t apologizing as an admission of guilt but because he was trying to placate a man he was worried wanted to hurt him. Former doctor gives teary testimony on Day 5 of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski-collision trial 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “Another really big theme was watching them continually try to placate Dad — who uses financial abuse every step of the way — hoping that one day they’re going to be the favorite,” she added. 'Succession': A therapist breaks down the Roy family's daddy issues 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z While Mr. Macron stood firm on his pension changes, he outlined other measures to placate anger in the country, which he said was due partly to a “feeling of injustice.” Macron Denounces Violent Protests, Warning Against ‘Excesses’ 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z It was always going to be tough for Mr. Chew to placate his interrogators, given the level of bipartisan anti-China sentiment in Washington. TikTok’s C.E.O. Struggles to Make his Case in Washington 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z So far, Stockholm’s efforts to placate him, including a new terrorism law, have failed. Turkey’s Erdogan Finally Endorses Finland’s NATO Bid, but Not Sweden’s 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In his view, the numbers were aimed at "placating the United States and to make it appear they are doing something, when clearly they are not." Exclusive: Amid U.S. pressure on fentanyl, Mexico raises drug lab raids data 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “The proposed legislation is misguided and wholly inadequate. They are sorely mistaken in their hopes that it will placate Wisconsin women.” Wisconsin Republicans propose abortion ban exceptions 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z "The White House would be wise to focus less on placating the woke police and focus more on bank failures, planes nearly colliding in mid-air, train derailments, and the continued supply chain crisis," he tweeted. Chasten Buttigieg fires back at Mike Pence for “homophobic joke” about their children 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Chairman Rupert Murdoch was preoccupied with placating former President Donald Trump and retaining Trumpsters "because, according to the lawsuit, profits were more important than the truth." Former prosecutor says Fox News faces "financial death penalty": The damages could be "astronomical" 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z On Monday, the administration tried to placate both sides. Biden approves Willow oil project in Alaska despite campaign pledge 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “The White House would be wise to focus less on placating the woke police and focus more on bank failures, planes nearly colliding in mid-air, train derailments, and the continued supply chain crisis.” White House calls Pence ‘homophobic’ over joke about Buttigieg’s maternity leave 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The Biden administration and Australian officials then scrambled to placate the French. Biden to Announce Landmark Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal with Australia and Britain 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z A tough issue for talks on the implementation annex, where both sides are looking to placate domestic critics, is a proposed association of Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo. EU hopeful that Kosovo and Serbia will reach deal this month 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z TikTok has engaged a similar strategy in the U.S., nicknamed “Project Texas”, in an attempt to placate hostile lawmakers. TikTok unveils new European data security regime 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z He will have to placate Democrats worried that the Fed’s aggressive hikes will cause a painful recession while reassuring Republicans that the Fed will send rates high enough to quash inflation. Inflation pressures put Powell in spotlight before Congress 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Instead Taylor was replaced at the last second by a consummate politician, Millard Fillmore, and the South was placated before they could pull the trigger. The unsolved mystery of the president who may have been assassinated with arsenic 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z But a week before the chancellor’s visit, Jake Sullivan, Mr. Biden’s national security adviser, suggested in an interview with ABC News that the move was taken by the president to placate the Germans. Germany’s Scholz Visits Washington Amid Worries Over Ukraine ‘End Game’ 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Every move he takes to placate President Biden, such as sending an envoy to meet with Palestinian leaders in Jordan on Sunday, angers his far-right allies and encourages them to take countermeasures. Amid Israeli Turmoil, Netanyahu’s Grip Loosens, at Least for Now 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Vladimir Putin claims to be interested in peace talks, if only to placate allies like China and India. The Phone in the Room 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z It is intended to placate allies, cast the opposition as unreasonable and, especially on the Ukrainian side, tamp down a growing desire within Western countries to find an end to the costly war. In Ukraine War, Talking About Peace Is a Fight of Its Own 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Still, Thursday's numbers are unlikely to placate European Central Bank hawks pushing for aggressive rate hikes to continue. Take Five: Strap in for no landing 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z It’s not clear if the changes will placate opponents. Georgia lawmakers pare back bill to increase truck weights 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z He was available despite being given every chance to succeed for a hometown team that bent over backward to placate him. Plaschke: In signing Russell Westbrook, Clippers foolishly mirror the Lakers' mistake 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z And Feinstein often denounced his policies, which included trying to drill for oil off the California coast, implementing a “hateful deportation program” and “placating American Nazis.” Column: Column: Civil Feinstein delivered results but irked ideologues 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Newly installed as speaker by a slim and fractious majority, McCarthy has one clear priority: Maintaining his hold on power, which means placating his right flank. These 6 GOP leaders will shift Congress on climate Alongside the setting up of a taskforce to probe allegations of misogyny, sexism, racism and homophobia - it might placate some critics but, on the eve of the Six Nations, Welsh rugby is still in crisis. WRU chief executive Phillips set to leave role 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Schiff issued a similar letter, stating “there is no basis for his threatened retaliation other than placating the most extreme members of his party.” Democrats defy McCarthy with 2 selections for Intel panel 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Most children, probably by the age of 10, have learned the lesson that the worst way to placate bullies is to give them what they want. Column: A cowardly NHL bows down to a bullying DeSantis 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z "At the moment I am just trying to placate customers," he said. Royal Mail ransomware attack leaves firms in limbo 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z This sentiment comes at a critical time for Lula, who is struggling to revive Brazil’s post-pandemic economy, keep his unwieldy governing coalition on message and placate markets over the country’s deepening fiscal challenges. Opinion | The mob in Brazil has done the new government a favor — for now 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z For Mr. Biden, landing an hour away from the capital was a small price to pay for placating a leader whose cooperation — on migration, energy and trade — is more important than ever. After Rocky Start, Biden Builds Rapport With Mexico’s President 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Analysts said Moscow’s claim of a retaliatory attack was likely aimed at placating anger among some Russians over Makiivka. Ukraine rejects Russia’s claim of a deadly strike on troops in the east. 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Mr. McCarthy offered up a deal to placate 20 conservatives who want to change the way the House operates, changes that would diminish the speaker’s power. On Background: How much longer will it take? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z He simply seeks to wear down — or placate — an opposition trying to escape its own Groundhog Day. Opinion | Kevin McCarthy and the price of power for its own sake 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Still, the proposal would not placate all of the holdouts. Desperate Kevin McCarthy caves to more MAGA concessions — including making it easier to fire him 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z His lurch rightward, particularly traveling to Trump’s resort to make peace with him after he instigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol, did nothing to placate them. Analysis | Kevin McCarthy wasn’t ‘the one’ 7 years ago. He wasn’t on Tuesday, either. 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z They consider themselves conservative purists who cannot be placated unless all their demands are met — and maybe not even then. Speaker Fight Reveals a Divided and Disoriented House Majority 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The concessions came as the company has been trying to placate antitrust regulators who are scrutinizing its roughly $70 billion proposed acquisition of the video game maker Activision Blizzard. Video Game Workers Get a Union Foothold at Microsoft 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The current reluctance is entirely about a desire to placate the fascist faction. Zelenskyy visit exposes a GOP rift — between actual fascists and everyone else 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Senate leaders ultimately worked out an arrangement to permit several amendment votes on the policy, known as Title 42 — placating Lee, even though his gambit failed, while allowing lawmakers to finalize the bill hours later. Senate approves $1.7 trillion omnibus bill to fund government 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Dominion alleges that Fox News perpetuated Trump’s false claims to placate viewers who were alienated by the network’s early but ultimately accurate call that Biden had won Arizona, putting him on the path to victory. Murdochs will not face separate trial in Dominion's defamation suit against Fox News 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z In recent weeks, all three regimes have attempted to placate unhappy citizens. Column: Democracy around the world is looking a little healthier, at least next to the alternative 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Boluarte on Wednesday sought to placate protesters by saying general elections could potentially be scheduled for December 2023, four months earlier than the timing she had proposed to Congress just a few days earlier. Peruvians protest, await ruling on ex-president’s detention 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Answering demands for immediate elections, she suggested they could be held a year from now, four months before her earlier proposal, which placated no one. Peru’s new government declares police state amid protests 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The Redmond, Washington tech giant sought to placate possible labor concerns about the merger by reaching an agreement with the Communications Workers of America, which also represents workers in the gaming industry. FTC to sue to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Respecting Anderson Lee Aldrich’s request to be referenced with they/them pronouns does not amount to placating someone accused of a heinous act, nonbinary people and advocates say. EXPLAINER: Pronouns, nonbinary people and the Club Q attack 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z As Gérard Araud, France’s former ambassador to the United States, recently said on Twitter, Mr. Macron focused on placating the president “because Trump is the most powerful guy on earth.” Biden and Macron: A Bond Built on a Birthday Wish, Ice Cream and 30 Phone Calls 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Johnson and Truss both seemed to delight in riling the bloc to placate the powerful euroskeptic wing of the Conservative Party. UK voters warm to new leader Sunak, but not to his party 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z They are on track to gain only a few more, giving Mr. McCarthy very little room for defections and leaving him looking for ways to placate members on his right flank. Courting Right in Speaker Bid, McCarthy Renews Threat to Impeach Mayorkas 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The 42-year-old ruler hopes a smooth tournament will cement Qatar as a legitimate global player, display strength to regional rivals and placate conservatives at home who have bristled at international criticism of their country. Qatar's maverick ruler eyes soft power win with World Cup 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Qatari rulers treaded the tightrope between placating its conservative citizens and tribes and shoring up soft power as a major global player. Culture clash? Conservative Qatar preps for World Cup party 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The election authority, in a gesture apparently aimed at placating the president, allowed for armed forces’ unprecedented participation. Brazil armed forces’ report on election finds no fraud 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z He’s lurched from grand pronouncements about free speech, to trying to placate advertisers, to pouting about big companies’ unwillingness to be associated with his chaos. Opinion | Elon Musk wanted to go Mars. Now he’s distracted by blue check marks. 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z “It’s another shameful attempt to placate White people. Because there’s been so much conversation about systemic racism,” Jackson said. Ron Johnson pushes racial divisions in his closing message to Wis. GOP voters 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Even if it doesn’t placate his harshest critics, it at least should earn him the benefit of the doubt until we see more. The jury is out on Musk’s Twitter 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z I’m not a fan of placating the insecure — but that’s not the same as showing that you come in peace. Advice | Getting a young, paternalistic colleague to back off 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Onboard, Captain Martin was up against a nearly impossible task — placating an exhausted, downtrodden crew working hard to keep the badly leaking boat afloat, all while attempting to do his job: catching and killing whales. How centuries-old whaling logs are filling gaps in our climate knowledge 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, analysts say that Mr. Netanyahu will most likely need to pursue hard-line policies to keep Mr. Ben-Gvir and his far-right allies placated. Netanyahu Extends Lead, but Fate of Minor Parties Gives Opponents Hope 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The pausing of the board and Jankowicz's exit did not placate critics on the right. How the Biden administration caved to Republicans on fighting election disinformation 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z With the Ugandan military also expressing concern about their "tweeting general", Mr Museveni moved to placate them by sacking him as commander of land forces. Muhoozi Kainerugaba - Uganda's ambitious tweeting general 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Dr Allen said he would follow the facts and was not going to "placate anybody or any particular constituency or group". Leicester disorder: Hindu groups to boycott review 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z The situation is still better here than in much of the advanced world, but that doesn’t placate voters who are swearing under their breath as they fill their tanks or their grocery carts. God bless America, where cheap gas matters more than democracy 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “Having elections within a year is ambitious and obviously unlikely to happen, but I think that condition is in there as a way of placating Sadr,” said Mr. Jiyad. Iraqi Parliament Approves New Government After a Yearlong Delay 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Instead, it seems that voters had spent years dismissing Republican anti-choice views as empty gestures to placate the religious right, not action plans. The 3 biggest lies Republicans use to avoid admitting they plan to ban abortion 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z He has worked to placate radicals while trying to limit the hard-right’s grip on the party by supporting more moderately conservative candidates. Ambition keeps him loyal to Donald Trump. But what does Kevin McCarthy stand for? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z While district-level officials were punished as a means of placating public anger, Li was not known to have addressed the difficulties of adhering closely to Xi’s hardline “zero-COVID” policy. A look at the 7 men slated to lead China’s Communist Party 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z But political scientists say the Bolsonaro campaign is hoping it might placate a sizable number so that they abstain from voting. Bolsonaro struggles to sway Brazil’s poor voters with aid 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The EU package is unlikely to placate all 27 EU countries, whose leaders will discuss the proposals at a summit on Oct. 20-21. Nord Stream ruptures revealed as Europe grapples with gas plan 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The EU package is unlikely to placate all 27 EU countries - whose leaders will discuss the proposals at a summit on Oct. 20-21. EU to propose extra energy measures, swerve immediate gas price cap 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z It placated him with obsequious compliments, but his value was as a celebrity who could draw the culture’s gaze, not as a visionary designer who earned the critic’s respect. Perspective | Why can’t we quit Kanye West? 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z If local officials are making decisions to placate DeSantis instead of their constituents, it makes local government and elections a bit of a farce, with a man in Tallahassee really driving policy. Opinion | The two ways Republican politicians are undermining cities 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The officials also had tried to placate the students by offering to review their grades and allowing them to withdraw from the class retroactively. At N.Y.U., Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame? 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z I don't know what the Republican Party stands for now, other than placating Trump. Trump "will be convicted of multiple felonies": George Conway on the bumpy road ahead 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z More Republican lawmakers appeared to seek a way to placate Mr. Trump and his supporters without formally endorsing his extraordinary allegations. They Legitimized the Myth of a Stolen Election — and Reaped the Rewards 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z It has been reducing its portfolio partly to placate regulators and also to book some hefty profits, sources have told Reuters. Tencent shifts focus to majority deals, overseas gaming assets for growth-sources 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Political watchers say holding a state funeral for Abe is an attempt by Kishida to stabilize his grip on power by placating ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers belonging to Abe’s conservative political faction. Kishida opens diplomacy rush as Japan preps divisive funeral 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. McCarthy took input from various factions of the party in creating the document, and on Friday, it seemed he had placated most of them — at least for now. Seeking Broad Appeal, McCarthy Pitches a Campaign Agenda Light on Details 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z I don't know what the Republican Party stands for now, other than placating Trump and opposing anything that the Democrats do just for the sake of opposing them. Trump "will be convicted of multiple felonies": George Conway on the bumpy road ahead 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Although the changes were made, they failed to placate some civil rights groups, who said they remained opposed to the legislation. House Passes Police Funding Bills, With Democratic Rifts on Vivid Display 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Putin’s partial mobilization will help placate nationalist hard-liners at home, who have been calling on the Kremlin to unleash the full force of Russia’s power against Ukraine. U.S., allies signal resolute response to Putin’s escalation in Ukraine 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The speech - while it did not satisfy all those calling for an explicit apology from Britain - appeared to placate relatives of those killed who called off a planned demonstration at the airport in Amritsar. Queen Elizabeth II: How the monarch charmed millions of Indians 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Politicians up and down the state continue to placate an apprehensive public, staking out opposing sides of the ideological spectrum to talk about reducing crime, while often shying away from specific, sustainable solutions. Column: If California really wants reduce crime, not just talk about it, it'll cost $42 million 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z He consequently followed a zigzag course between change and orthodoxy, taking a few steps forward, then a few steps back, responding to popular demand while trying to placate the party faithful. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z A public skate park opened nearby but did not placate anyone as Channel Street fell into disrepair, with homeless people jumping the fence, stringing makeshift roofs over the bowls. Best trick yet: How a group of rogue skaters got L.A. City Hall on their side 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Such a move would placate Turkey’s nationalists, who see Erdogan’s support for the opposition as contributing to the refugee crisis. With nationalism rising, Turkey turns against refugees it once welcomed 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Some developers are also finding that state reassurances on stabilising the sector don't necessarily translate into more bank funding, as they scramble to finish apartment construction to placate homebuyers threatening to stop paying mortgages. EXCLUSIVE Some Chinese financiers cold shoulder Beijing's property rescue call-sources 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z II, put it more bluntly: “They placate us by saying, ‘We are working on it, we are working on it.’ Unsafe speeds and reckless driving: Deadly Windsor Hills wreck 'is the tip of the iceberg' 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “If the BLM based its decisions on science and not placating the meat industry that wants wild horses to go extinct, the agency would keep its hands off wild horses.” Biggest US holding pen planned for wild horses faces suit 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z There was Zdorov’s hesitance before leading investigators to the girls’ bathroom, suggesting, his supporters argue, that he didn’t know where the crime took place and was merely trying to placate the officers. Who Killed Tair Rada? Inside Israel’s True Crime Obsession 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z On the other are those like Freddy Lim, who believe placating China has failed and that the only answer is for Taiwan to have a stronger defence. China-Taiwan: Why young people in Taiwan are learning to fight 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z It was viewed in part as an effort to placate fans who complained that the succession of guest hosts seemed like a publicity stunt and that the job was Richards’ all along. Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings to split ‘Jeopardy!’ host job 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z One win isn’t likely to placate the supporters who paid for the banner. Once the model MLS franchise, the Galaxy are mired in major slump. When will it end? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Much as she had once found ways to placate passengers facing flight delays, she was now finding workarounds for people in far greater need. From Flight Attendant to Funeral Planner: New Beginnings in the Covid Era 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z A new series from Osman involving different characters could help showcase his range and placate some of the critics who were less keen on his Thursday Murder Club books. Richard Osman to embark on new series of crime novels 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z And the resulting political crisis has left worries about whether a new government will be enough to fix the economy and placate a public furious at its politicians’ failures. Sri Lanka Parliament to choose president to lead past crisis 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z The change has led to hasty rollouts that try to placate both the fossil fuel industry and environmentalists, but risk angering both. Biden weighs breaking climate pledges to win Manchin’s support on bill 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe also offered to resign to quell growing unrest, but his offer did not placate irate protesters, who set his home ablaze. Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister may be stepping down, but chaos remains 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z But the prime minister’s offer did nothing to placate the protesters. Sri Lankan president to resign next week, says Parliament speaker, after protesters storm residence 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z They are juggling their desire to placate Washington with other considerations, including keeping other producers, among them Russia, on board into 2023. As OPEC Plus nears a milestone, focus shifts to Russia and the U.S. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z University administrators "seem to want to placate the conservatives," said sociology lecturer Michael Kreiter, who was an instructor in the suspended course and teaches classes on racism. The other cancel culture: How a public university is bowing to a conservative crusade 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z In his first year as president, he appointed a commission to examine the Supreme Court, in part to placate the left, and even that body avoided taking a stance on expanding the court. Democrats Press the White House for a More Assertive Response to Roe’s Fall 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z All that has worried some Kurds, who fear they may pay the price to placate Turkey and secure Sweden's place in NATO. Sweden's Kurds fear they may pay price for NATO bid as Turkey fumes 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z So, yes, a lot of thievery going on by NHL cities, followed by a whole bunch of placating. Here’s why Seattle fans may not want to root for Colorado in the Stanley Cup Final 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Chief among them: high energy prices, which are allowing the Kremlin to keep funding the war while raising pensions and wages to placate ordinary Russians. McDonald’s, Moscow Style, Is Back, as Russian Economy Stumbles On 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Various proposals and millions of dollars in land, legal and consulting fees later, he has yet to placate neighbors. Twilight of the NIMBY 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Political scientist Jayadeva Uyangoda said Wickremesinghe faced a balancing act to meet the demands of the protesters and Sri Lanka’s international creditors, while placating the ruling party with an agenda that Basil would accept. Brothers at odds, but ruling family still holds key to Sri Lanka's future 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Indian diplomats tried to placate the Arab world by calling the figures who made the remarks “fringe” and characterized criticism as driven by “vested” interests who were trying to destabilize India’s relationship with Qatar. Opinion | The world is finally reacting to India’s descent into hate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z And in an attempt to placate angry Islamic nations, Indian diplomats have said the comments did not reflect the stand of the government and that they were "views of fringe elements". Nupur Sharma: The Indian woman behind offensive Prophet Muhammad comments 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z India has been forced to placate its partners in the Islamic world after growing anger over controversial comments made by two members of the country's ruling party about Prophet Muhammad. Nupur Sharma: Prophet Muhammad controversy strains India-Arab ties 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Offering Cuba a limited role was seen as a way to placate Lopez Obrador but the idea was rejected, one source said. U.S. excludes Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua from Americas summit-sources 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z For its first half, Ahn’s film bends over backward to placate to heterosexual viewers and is all the weaker for it. Review: In Hulu rom-com 'Fire Island,' love wins. But it's not an easy victory 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z She rejects the attempt to placate the centers of power by resorting to "moral persuasion and prioritizing peaceful" opposition. There's a way to defeat the billionaires: Kshama Sawant has been doing it 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The executive has been visiting Apple retail stores in person over the past few weeks, a move many employees say seems designed to placate workers who may be trying to organize. Apple VP discourages retail workers from joining a union in leaked video 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The only explanation is that Biden, ever the compromiser, is trying to placate both sides of the climate argument. The world, with or without us: Increasing gas and oil production is a disastrously bad idea 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z A post from the university said the school set up dance video games in several dorms, in an apparent effort to placate students. Chinese university is scene of rare coronavirus lockdown protest 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The president then replaced him with Wickremesinghe, an opposition parliamentarian who has held the post five times previously, in a desperate bid to placate protesters. Sri Lanka PM to address crisis-hit nation as fuel stocks run short 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Four thousand years ago, the Sumerians baked date-syrup cakes for the goddess Inanna; the early settlers of Ireland buried pots of butter in bogs, possibly to placate supernatural forces, in the fifth century B.C. On Strawberry Fanta and Other Treats Imbued With Divine Status 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But standing in the tent city outside the president’s office where protesters have entrenched themselves, Jean Nathanielsz said she was not placated. Sri Lankan protesters dig in as a new prime minister is named 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Everyone involved who held their nose when they made this deal to placate Angelos was convinced that by the time they had to fight the Orioles owner, he would have passed on. LOVERRO: Time for Manfred to settle the MASN dispute between Orioles, Nationals 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Many demonstrators are calling for both of the Rajapaksas - from the island nation’s dominant political dynasty - to stand down, and it is unclear whether Wickremesinghe’s appointment will be enough to placate them. He's back: Wickremesinghe named Sri Lankan PM for 6th time amid crisis 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The president's older brother, Mahinda, stepped down as prime minister on Monday in a bid to placate demonstrators, but the move failed to bring calm. Sri Lanka protests: Second night of property burnings 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z She added that the parents had managed to placate his meltdown well, "with patience, some cajoling, some stern-ness, many hugs etc" and that other passengers also stopped by to offer help to the couple. IndiGo: Anger after India airline removes disabled teenager 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Molina has been criticized for placating the correction unions, a charge both he and labor leaders dispute. He’s In Charge of Fixing Rikers Island. His Plan Is Due in 11 Days. 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The soft-spoken Bivol appeared confident Friday and tried to placate the crowd. Canelo Álvarez brushes off controversy, others ignore it on eve of Dmitry Bivol bout 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Local union officials, seeing the whole trip as a smokescreen to placate Congress, said they’d been begging agency leaders to visit for months, to no avail. Abuse-clouded prison gets attention, but will things change? 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z For a woman named Anna, 29, who placated her young son, Ivan, with a lollipop, it was 57 days. Evacuees From Mariupol’s Steel Plant Tell of Horrors and Survival 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But the Kremlin may also want to placate Russians who are chafing under other online restrictions and speech controls, such as a prohibition on using the word “war” to describe Russia’s attack on Ukraine. CIA instructs Russians on how to share secrets with the spy agency 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “Caving to backlash will not placate opponents of housing and services for homeless New Yorkers — it will only embolden them,” she said in a statement. Shelter in Chinatown Is Canceled After Community Protests 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Out of Trump’s earshot, in an interview later that day, Graham joked about the man he was trying almost daily to placate in some form or another. ‘Exhilarated’ McConnell said Jan. 6 ‘discredited’ Trump, book says 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z “There was not an intentional head butt,” the actor said, “and if you want to have a peaceful conversation with Ms. Heard, you might have to placate just a little bit.” Johnny Depp Confronted With Texts and Audio at Libel Trial 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “If you want to have a peaceful conversation with Ms. Heard, you might have to placate a little bit.” Cross-examination spotlights Depp’s profane texts, drug use 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z In one recent TikTok video Walker says he’s not interested in adopting a platform “designed to placate your over-woke Twitter temper tantrum pipe dream.” Can getting dunked on online win an election? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The president can tout an accomplishment that may placate supporters concerned that gun control has languished on the back-burner during the first half of his presidency. Biden sets rule banning sale of untraceable DIY 'ghost gun' kits 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Guzik tries to placate her niece in New York by sending her photos of food items she is able to find amid shortages: cherry-liqueur chocolates one day, a baguette another. What It’s Like When Your Loved Ones Won’t Leave Ukraine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Dried fruit may not pack the water content, but it still has plenty of fructose to help placate your sweet tooth. Snacks on the plane: Chefs share their favorite high-altitude bites 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Senate Democrats agreed to placate Crapo by moving a separate piece of oil legislation. As Ukraine conflict rages, Congress struggles to legislate a response 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Garland has not changed his approach to criminal prosecutions in order to placate his critics, according to several Justice Department officials who have discussed the matter with him. Garland faces growing pressure as Jan. 6 investigation widens 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z With no southern wing to placate, victorious “Black Republicans” might abolish southerners’ most valuable property, incite insurrection, and promote race war. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He terrorized a lot of kids, and we tried to placate him and hoped he would leave. He Was a Playground Bully in 1965. His Film About It Is Up for an Oscar. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Instead, Reuters reported, Iran was placated by U.S. assurance of “inherent guarantees,” a chilling phrase on which the coming debate could turn. Opinion | Why the Senate should insist Biden submit his dangerous Iran nuclear deal to a vote 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Storylines revolve around wooing advertisers, streamlining distribution and placating puritanical politicians. Review | ‘Minx,’ about the launch of a feminist porn magazine, is surprisingly timid on both feminism and porn 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z To clarify their position and placate customers, many business owners have posted Ukrainian signs on their doors or have turned to social media to pledge their support for Ukraine and condemn Russia’s actions. Russian businesses in US face backlash from war in Ukraine 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “The ongoing attempts to placate the LGBTQIA+ community with subpar representation in the content produced and donations to well-meaning organizations are simply not enough,” the letter reads. Disney employees are staging walkouts over Florida’s "Don’t Say Gay" bill 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Apple has similarly kept employees in Russia and taken other steps to placate the Kremlin. Putin’s prewar moves against U.S. tech giants laid groundwork for crackdown on free expression 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z While that eco-friendliness is debatable, it’s part of Adobe’s ongoing expansion into crypto — as well as an attempt to placate artists that are worried about its potential negative effects. Adobe is taking another step into NFTs 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Biden also, as Brownstein observes, reverted to his habit of seeking to placate Republicans and to distance himself from Democratic progressives: Dear Joe Biden: We don't want "unity" with fascists — that's why Democrats lose 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z He continued his art education at Pratt Institute to placate his parents. Harvey Fierstein — warts, ego and all — in his juicy memoir 'I Was Better Last Night' 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z For a generation, placating the Kremlin without applying the tools of hard power became standard operating procedure. Opinion | How NATO and the West can up their game on Ukraine — right now 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Conscious of the need to placate Russia, Israel has rejected several requests in recent months to send military and intelligence equipment to Ukraine, three Israeli officials and a Ukrainian official said. War in Ukraine Forces Israel Into a Delicate Balancing Act 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z He accused Republicans of “continuing to try to placate a far-right extremist base.” Wisconsin Republicans sends election bills to governor 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Kuleba also hinted that Ukraine’s giving up nuclear weapons was made to placate America, noting that his country’s forswearing was “in the interest of the U.S. in 1994.” Ukraine foreign minister: Giving up nuclear weapons wasn’t smart 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Now, even as he draws the line on decertification, Mr. Vos has tried to placate his base and plead for patience. Fringe Scheme to Reverse 2020 Election Splits Wisconsin G.O.P. 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Experts say the moves are intended to placate the angry farmers and that the elections were a major reason behind Modi’s sudden decision to withdraw the laws. Farmer anger will test Modi as India’s ‘grain bowl’ votes 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z The cries for a negotiated settlement will increase, with some proposing new concessions to placate Putin. Opinion | Putin’s impending ‘march of folly’ in Ukraine 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Since the Rice scandal, the N.F.L. has mounted a campaign to woo female fans and placate its sponsors, but it has fallen short, the women interviewed said, in improving conditions for employees. Promised a New Culture, Women Say the N.F.L. Instead Pushed Them Aside 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z “I have no interest in singing with somebody younger than me, or participating in anything to placate anybody, or to ride on anybody’s coattails or to try to develop a younger audience,” he says. John Mellencamp still has plenty of fight left in him 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z But those assurances may not placate her critics. Biden’s Pick for Top Bank Cop Faces Narrow Path to Confirmation 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z He has in the past drawn fire over some of his campaign tactics and his return to favour will not placate all Conservatives. Analysis: A change of style? UK's Johnson fights for political survival 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The rabbi appeared to try to placate his captor: “There’s something wrong with us.” ‘Some people just don’t like us:’ In a Texas synagogue, 11 hours of terror 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z But those plans did little to placate the party’s left wing, which has clamored for more sweeping protections for renters, including legislation to make it harder for landlords to evict tenants and raise rents. Hochul Unveiled a Sweeping Vision for New York. Now Comes the Hard Part. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z How can the Rose Bowl — which drew as many viewers as Alabama and Cincinnati — be placated to move off its coveted New Year’s Day time slot? Playoff Fans in the Cold as College Football Plots Its Future 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z “Both children here, and we’re trying to placate them with iPads, manage all of their needs, while two parents are working full-time,” said Tucker, 42. Snow, staffing shortages force closure of most Northern Virginia schools for an extra week 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z To placate the protesters, Mr Nazarbayev has been removed from his post. Kazakhstan unrest: Why have there been riots and deaths? 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Whether you want to obey these dictates depends, Miss Manners supposes, on whether your life will be easier if you placate the dictator. Perspective | Miss Manners: What’s the best way to express sympathy? 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Skeptics considered it window dressing, intended to placate the Biden administration so that U.S. military aid would continue to flow. Opinion | In Egypt, new signs that the regime’s human rights strategy is to violate them 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z We will not placate or disarm this movement, bent on our destruction, by attempting to claim that we too have Christian "values." White supremacist Christmas: Those Boebert and Massie "gun photos" are a direct threat 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z President Joe Biden signaled earlier this year he prefers to rely on allies for EV metals, part of a strategy designed to placate environmentalists. U.S. faces tough choices in 2022 on mines for electric-vehicle metals 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Shell’s net-zero pledge has done little to placate critics so far. Shell walks ‘tightrope’ of demands amid climate pressures 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z It is not clear whether Kordahi’s resignation Friday would placate Saudi Arabia enough to reverse its decisions and prevent further escalation, or whether it would open the door for Cabinet meetings to resume. Lebanon minister to resign in bid to ease crisis with Saudis 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The company, which is based in San Francisco, faces challenges, such as placating activist investors and calming an agitated Congress about its power, divisiveness and potential to censor free speech. Who Is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s New C.E.O.? 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z “This may placate some people, but I believe the governor has made a bad bargain.” Kansas to help workers resist Biden’s COVID vaccine mandates 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Democrats who signed the letter are trying to placate a vocal segment of the immigrant-rights community that has excoriated the party for not pressing harder for full citizenship. AOC pleads with Senate to rescue immigration amnesty in Biden budget bill 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Mr. de Klerk argued that he faced the difficult balancing act of placating hard-liners inside his cabinet and ruling party, while making adequate compromises to keep Mandela and the activists at the table. F.W. de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, dies at 85 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Rather than meticulously dissect the field to make the right decision, Mayfield had too often tried to placate Beckham to get him targets. What We Learned From Week 9 in the N.F.L. 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The timing has led some observers and former insiders to speculate that the move was intended to placate critics who claim the company disregards the safety of users when it builds its products. Inside Facebook’s decision to eliminate facial recognition — for now 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z But to take advantage of such a climate Tuesday, Republicans in Virginia — and New Jersey, to some extent — followed a strategy that relied on placating Trump’s base while avoiding Trump and his brand of politics. In Virginia, GOP finds new playbook — not easily replicated 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z “Symbolic progress placates people who are pushing for change, and it also invites backlash from those who want to maintain the status quo,” said Dr. Deo, of Southwestern Law School. BIPOC or POC? Equity or Equality? The Debate Over Language on the Left. 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Netflix, which tries to appeal to consumers of all ideologies, is learning that these three movements probably can’t all be placated at once. Opinion | The three political movements of 2021 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z To further save costs and placate moderates, Mr. Biden is considering scaling down his paid family leave plan. ‘Very possible’: Biden, Democrats move closer to a deal on scaled-back spending bill 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z According to a report last year, Hollywood bosses have also been censoring films to placate the Chinese market, with casting, content, dialogue and plotlines increasingly being tailored to appease censors in Beijing. The Chinese film beating Bond and Marvel at the box office 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z But that did little to placate his critics, who repeatedly shouted down fellow Republicans during a press conference last month to protest the federal mandate. In New Hampshire, vaccine fights and misinformation roil GOP 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Its new advisory team will include specialists in fields like laboratory safety and biosecurity, a step that analysts say may help placate Western governments pressing for consideration of whether the virus emerged from a lab. W.H.O. Will Announce New Team to Study Coronavirus Origins 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The calendar provided an opportunity to further placate the Italians. The first Columbus Day was born of violence — and political calculation 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Graham tried to placate the audience by reiterating that he opposes vaccine mandates. Lindsey Graham encouraged Republicans to get vaccinated and is booed in return 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s announcement — an unsigned memo from the department — appears to be an attempt to placate the judge, while still making clear the Biden administration doesn’t want to see MPP revived. Biden’s DHS rebuilding Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z For Mayor Quinton Lucas of Kansas City, Mo., reparations seemed like “something that a lot of people said in 2020 to placate the masses.” Reparations for Black Residents Are Becoming a Local Issue as Well as a National One 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z That approach, McBride said, could placate Chinese lenders and smooth out discomfort in Asian credit markets. Dow pops 500 points as stock markets shrug off warnings from China 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The company had moved to placate investors, saying in a statement on Wednesday that it would pay interest payments for its domestic bonds. Evergrande: Shares in crisis-hit firm jump as debt deadline looms 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z He jailed journalists and ousted opponents, used periodic handouts to placate an increasingly unemployed and youthful populace, and altered his nation’s laws so he could remain in power. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s former surveillance-state strongman, dies at 84 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Both sides are still awaiting a first league win of the season and the 60-year-old Bruce knows his critics are far from placated, but equally that his players are playing for him. Saint-Maximin saves point for Newcastle against Leeds 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Political analysts see the superficial eco-hipster aesthetic of these renovations as a way to placate a young, Westward-looking middle class that otherwise could be primed to protest. As Russians Vote, Resignation, Anger and Fear of a Post-Putin Unknown 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z On 30 August in Heritage Science, the team suggested the changes may have been a deliberate attempt to placate leaders of the brewing French Revolution. Biden’s vaccine mandates, bad Facebook data, and a doctored portrait 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z But it also discards significant pieces and tweaks others, largely in an effort to placate Manchin and indulge his hopes of building enough Republican support to pass the bill. Revised Democratic voting bill drops controversial provisions, tweaks others as pressure for action mounts 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The second call was meant to placate Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6. Book: Top US officer feared Trump could order China strike 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Worried that the sporadic sorties will escalate into an all-out monkey assault on the village, residents have been taking fruit, peanuts and other food to the Sangeh Monkey Forest to try to placate the primates. With no tourist handouts, hungry Bali monkeys raid homes 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Hong Kong's government tried to placate the financial sector in May by announcing a scheme to allow listed company executives to be exempt from full quarantine. Hong Kong's strict quarantine rules threaten to erodes allure of financial hub 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Yesterday, the company told us about a loophole that could placate some of the company's vocal power users who don’t want to give up their old hardware. Microsoft is threatening to withhold Windows 11 updates if your CPU is old 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Rather than maneuvering to enact the legislation, House Democrats mainly passed it to placate civil rights groups upset with the lack of progress on racial justice issues. ‘Almost a religious experience’: House Democrats pass voting bill; likely DOA in Senate 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Now firmly in control of the country, they are using thousands of Twitter accounts — some official and others anonymous — to placate Afghanistan’s terrified but increasingly tech-savvy urban base. How the Taliban Turned Social Media Into a Tool for Control 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z That distinction is unlikely to placate critics who say CNN erred in allowing Chris Cuomo to keep broadcasting his 9 p.m. news and commentary program while his brother became the focus of a harassment scandal. On CNN, covering one Cuomo while another is on vacation. 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z It was an effort to placate liberals afraid that the bipartisan deal abandoned their goals. The quiet Biden-GOP talks behind the infrastructure deal 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Both of our major political parties try to placate voters by triangulating occasionally, tactically co-opting stances from the other side. Opinion | This Is Why America Needs Catholicism 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “We will not return to silence; we will not be placated by the same processes that led us to this point,” organizers of the walkout said in a public statement. Activision, Facing Internal Turmoil, Grapples With #MeToo Reckoning 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z “We will not return to silence,” it read, “we will not be placated by the same processes that led us to this point.” Activision Blizzard employees walk out, demand reforms in wake of discrimination suit 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z We will not return to silence; we will not be placated by the same processes that led us to this point. Activision Blizzard employees say CEO’s letter ‘fails to address’ key concerns 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z It only exists to placate Texas and drink off Bevo’s milk. Commentary: Surprise! Pac-12 can be a winner in this round of conference realignment 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z “There’s core constituencies that you need to placate in order to move forward with your objective, which is to get reelected.” Newsom hypes his budget proposals as he seeks to hold off recall 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z As mentioned above, the rules don’t apply to “a company that owns and operates a theme park or entertainment complex,” placating media conglomerates like Disney. Judge blocks Florida’s social media law 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z By Monday, it was liberal Democrats who were getting placating calls from senior White House officials, who sought to ease any concerns about Biden’s infrastructure ambitions and explain what the president meant in his remarks. Biden tries to move beyond flubbed rollout of infrastructure deal 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z But in Washington, Democratic leaders are now plainly more focused on heading off attacks from the right than placating the activist left. Staving Off G.O.P. Attacks, Democrats Show New Urgency on Crime 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z They sought to placate the president by placing combat soldiers outside Washington but hoped they wouldn’t be used. For military’s top man, navigating the Trump-Biden transition is his biggest test yet 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Iran will continue to be ruled by an authoritarian regime struggling to placate a society plagued by sanctions, a decimated economy and an ongoing pandemic. Opinion | Iran’s next president could be the most repressive figure to ever hold the position 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z Britain is considering easing travel rules for double vaccinated people, a move that would placate airlines which have launched legal action against the government's curbs on trips abroad. EU and UK say Hong Kong newspaper raid shows China cracking down on dissent 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Amara Enyia, policy and research coordinator for the Movement for Black Lives, said advocates would not be “assuaged or placated” by a new federal holiday. Congress votes overwhelmingly to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. The day commemorates the end of slavery in Texas in 1865. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Last year, PEN America, the free-speech advocacy group, excoriated Hollywood executives for voluntarily censoring films to placate China, with “content, casting, plot, dialogue and settings” tailored “to avoid antagonizing Chinese officials.” China’s Censorship Widens to Hong Kong’s Vaunted Film Industry, With Global Implications 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Reuters reported last month that Biden plans to look abroad for most supplies of EV metals, part of a strategy designed to placate environmentalists. Exclusive: Lithium Americas delays Nevada mine work after environmentalist lawsuit 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The vote was in part a GOP attempt to placate Trump, or avoid his reprisals, as he has kept a firm hold on the party since his defeat by Democrat Joe Biden. GOP blocks Capitol riot probe, displaying loyalty to Trump 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Because unrelenting obstruction is McConnell’s only way to placate the GOP base in the face of Trump’s attacks. Opinion | McConnell focuses ‘100 percent’ on blocking Biden — and zero percent on America 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z He said he would try to introduce the bill again in autumn, with some unspecified changes to try placate critics. Lithuania parliament votes against debating same-sex partnership bill 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “Banks influencing elements of social policy...presents a perilous political dynamic as attempts to placate the left will undoubtedly frustrate their historic allies on the right,” wrote Boltansky. Wall Street bank CEOs to tout COVID relief push, diversity efforts before Congress 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The group called the ban an “abrupt about-face” and said the decision “to placate some of the activists in our community is shameful.” NYC Pride says no police can attend; Gay officers 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Kevin McCarthy, the chamber’s top Republican who has sought to placate Trump, has cast her ouster from the party leadership as necessary to unify Republicans and reclaim control of the House in 2022. 'She's a hero': Liz Cheney down but not out in Wyoming after crossing Trump 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The Ventura-based outdoor apparel retailer could have tried to placate the protesters. Patagonia shows corporate activism is simpler than it looks 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z First there was the pandemic, in which his attempts to placate all sides, by turns imposing and denouncing various restrictions, led him to enrage just about everyone. The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z That requires placating Republicans who hate Cheney and believe the election was stolen from Trump. Cheney or Stefanik? Tradition or Trump? 2 congresswomen personify Republicans' choice 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z They have to placate their quarterback without sacrificing their team-building vision, and they have to make hard decisions without upsetting their quarterback. As Aaron Rodgers saga shows, keeping a franchise QB happy is almost as important as finding one 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z No matter who’s running the front office, they remain strategic and value-based in roster construction, not all that into making splashy free agent signings or tweaking draft decisions to placate their quarterback. Perspective | For Aaron Rodgers and a new breed of superstar, a dream job is no longer good enough 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z On Saturday, writing on the Packers’ website, Murphy acknowledged Rodgers’s disillusionment and said the Packers are working to placate him — and have been since the end of the season. Analysis | What to know from the NFL draft: Aaron Rodgers rift looms large, and the passing game rules 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z The thing that concerns me as a defense lawyer is people on juries who want to placate the community — placate, you know, a certain viewpoint. With a verdict, troubled reflections These words though may not be enough to placate Sudan or Egypt as a push for further negotiations continues. Gerd: Sudan talks tough with Ethiopia over River Nile dam 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Alibaba’s U.S.-listed shares jumped 9.3% after the Chinese conglomerate said it would restructure its Ant Group financial affiliate to placate Chinese government regulatory concerns. Asian shares mostly gain as China exports rise 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z President Biden’s commission to examine changes to the Supreme Court is a move to placate his base, which is agitating to add liberal justices to the conservative-leaning court, according to court watchers. ‘A delay tactic’: Biden’s Supreme Court commission called move only to placate left wing 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Some of Tyndall’s patients were not placated by the money. USC survivors say $1.1 billion in settlements is justice for sex abuse ignored 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, more than 600 demonstrators were released, a rare conciliatory gesture by the military that appeared aimed at placating the protest movement. UK, US impose sanctions targeting Myanmar military business 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Hundreds of people imprisoned for demonstrating against last month’s coup in Myanmar were released Wednesday, a rare conciliatory gesture by the military that appeared aimed at placating the protest movement. World Digest: March 24, 2021 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z “It gave too many Democratic voters a ‘get out of jail free’ card by voting to recall Davis and placate their conscience by voting for Bustamante,” he said. Is it inevitable that a prominent Democrat will challenge Newsom in the recall? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z “He was the owner; you had to play nice and placate him.” L.A. Goth nightclub known for rituals and secrecy has closed amid sexual misconduct claims 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z Cuba has called the Trump decision a politically motivated move aimed at placating Cuban-American exiles and sabotaging efforts to improve relations. U.S. terrorism sponsor listing further complicates Cuba banking 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z “I don’t think that studios and corporations are going to make decisions going forward to placate fans on social media because that’s a risky gamble” “It’s such a slippery slope,” O’Connell says. Zack Snyder’s Justice League remains overshadowed by its social media campaign 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Much of the time Acho seemed to walking a tightrope, asking mostly surface questions about the controversy while also placating fans more interested in the show’s fairy-tale formula . 'The Bachelor's' uncomfortable silences speak volumes in emotional special 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z She felt the outreach workers who offered her the room didn’t do enough to placate her concerns. How a commune-like encampment in Echo Park became a flashpoint in L.A.’s homelessness crisis 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Seeking to placate rising anger, Morrison said on Sunday he would meet with a delegation, although he would not attend the protest. Thousands to rally outside Australian parliament as pressure grows on PM 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z “We’ve been getting almost everything,” Ms. Sinema told him on the Senate floor, referring to the modifications that leading Democrats had made to the plan to placate moderates. Kyrsten Sinema and the Thumbs-Down That Enraged the Left 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z The court, she said, will allow the former rebels to admit to some things, an effort to placate the international community by claiming that justice has been served in Colombia. Colombia Seeks Justice for War Atrocities Via New Court 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The gas industry was not placated by the changes. Turning trash to natural gas: Utilities fight for their future amid climate change 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Sherman sought to placate hawkish lawmakers by vowing to seek a new agreement with Iran that lengthens and strengthens the accord, and by sparsely defending the original deal. Senators grill Biden nominee as proxy for wider Iran-deal debate 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z But Dr. West would not be placated and left for Princeton in April 2002. Cornel West Is in a Fight With Harvard, Again 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Morrison said he only learnt of the alleged complaints last week, and has sought to placate public anger with an inquiry. Australia promises quick, independent probe after third rape accusation 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Many added that not only do they worry for their health, but they question their sense of self-worth when deciding whether to placate a threatening customer. Is This the End of Tipping? 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z |
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