| In aromatherapy, sandalwood is used mainly for its calming effect on the nerves and for skin treatments. |
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| Looking first for iambs seemed an excellent centring and calming technique. |
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| It's intense and turbulent and chaotic and calming and rhythmic all at the same time. |
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| Proud old trees stood on the side of a large road, keeping the sidewalks in calming shade. |
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| Instead, she moved further into the room and began to speak in a calming, but monotonous voice. |
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| She is now calling for traffic calming measures to reduce the speed of oncoming motorists. |
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| She said she continued to undress the patient, calming him down, until Mr Hodgson offered to take over. |
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| The side effects of sedatives and calming drugs like Prozac used for destructive, anxious and fearful pets make animals sleepy or lethargic. |
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| We need some traffic calming measures like sleeping policemen to slow cars down. |
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| Lavender oil rubbed into the wrists or onto the nape of the neck has a calming effect. |
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| It smelled like lavender, a smooth, calming scent, and I dumped it generously into the water. |
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| The individuals who first developed meditation and relaxation as a means of calming the turmoil of their spirits were acting naturopathically. |
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| We would like to see traffic calming measures, such as special surfaces that decrease braking distances. |
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| Layering lighting sources creates a soft, calming effect that is always appreciated. |
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| At any rate, after about an hour calming him down and soothing him, we made some effort to get him back to sleep. |
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| Each song is earthy, creating a soundscape with peaceful melodies, calming rhythms and animal noises. |
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| Officers hope the speed traps will act as a deterrent until a new traffic calming scheme is brought into place at the end of the year. |
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| Improvements have included new benches and cycle stands, widened pavements, an upgraded bus shelter and traffic calming. |
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| To avoid disturbing the session, I pick him up out of his car seat and walk him up and down the room, he's a bit squirmy but calming down. |
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| That day, any time I got scared she was holding my hand and calming me without even realizing it. |
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| After eventually calming the woman down and assuring her they mean no harm they take her to shelter in a nearby house. |
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| Then, to her shock, Azure heard a gentle, mellow voice in her mind, calming her. |
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| She ignored the dark looks that were being sent in her direction and concentrated on calming the little boy down. |
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| Residents at the Soteria Project were treated with a quiet, calming environment. |
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| I think I'm finally calming down a little bit, although I do still feel somewhat keyed up. |
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| It could be a matter of sitting in a quiet room, or walking in a park, or going to a church, and then gradually and gently calming down. |
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| Issuing an apology after calming down, he said he had been deeply provoked and in the heat of the moment lost his temper. |
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| If your child is bursting with energy, let him run around to let off steam before moving on to more calming activities. |
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| It's important to balance an energetic yellow with a calming blue in order to avoid too much stimulation to the nervous system. |
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| Stormy scenes and emotional outbursts at work or at home are defused due to your meditative attitude and calming influence. |
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| There are some locations where traffic calming, over and above that provided by the existing laws of the highway, may be desirable. |
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| It is quiet and calming and every so often one can here a bird singing and crickets chirping. |
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| Acupuncture may also help Parkinson's disease, by calming the tremors and easing stiffness. |
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| To accentuate water as the essence of life, several synchronised swimmers perform a calming and mystical aquatic ballet. |
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| Add 10 drops of an essential oil with a calming fragrance, like clary sage. |
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| This blend mixes 3 tablespoons each of the calming herbs chamomile, linden, and passion flower. |
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| Because it improves digestion but does not heat the body, Amla-Berry is ideal for calming mild to moderate hyperacidity. |
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| The album is based around beautiful hypnotic drones, kind of avant-garde and kind of calming at the same time. |
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| While not entirely practical for our enclosed winter months, the subtle clonks of natural bamboo can be a calming force come spring. |
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| These include more cycleways, footways, pedestrian crossings, junction improvements and traffic calming measures. |
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| Residents were asked to suggest areas where there could be road calming measures or new pedestrian crossings. |
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| They also discussed alternative traffic calming methods and ways of pedestrianising the town. |
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| I read that Seend have set their face against traffic calming, removed road markings and seen traffic speeds drop by 5mph. |
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| It works like a dose of porcine valium, calming the piggies down and rendering them distinctly friendly. |
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| Though his feelings and his intentions were pure, his calming words in my feverous state were chilling me. |
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| The possibly calming effect of having family present for the control group during the intervention could have played a part in the reaction. |
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| There is ample land available at the eastern end to cater for a proper island and traffic calming zone. |
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| It was the middle of the tourist season, but it still had a calming effect and gentleness compared with the city they had just left. |
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| The slow movements act as calming counterbalances to the dizzying pyrotechnics of the fast movements. |
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| Craniosacral therapy can help by calming your central nervous system and relaxing muscular tensions. |
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| It is important that students understand that the traffic calming devices on the Ring Road are not crosswalks. |
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| The roads have large potholes, road calming humps, roundabouts and other obstacles. |
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| We have a council that promises the earth but provides road calming and roundabouts. |
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| Her voice is calming and almost hypnotic at times, and really strong and powerful at others. |
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| Unable to sit still, Olivia rose to her feet and walked the length of the terrace, practising the calming exercises Ben had taught her. |
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| Frustrated motorists trying to negotiate traffic calming methods at speed will damage their cars. |
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| You see people reach for it now and again, but Malick's daring is both outrageous and calming. |
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| Natural Healing Crystals are on display in the store and a calming atmosphere prevails. |
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| I rested my right hand on her thigh and squeezed it, gesturing a thank you for calming me down. |
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| The couple went for a walk on the beach to take in their win before heading to their local pub for a calming drink. |
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| Ethnic looks still sell, while the calming influence of Asian designs and nature-inspired patterns has remained strong. |
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| His calming, soothing voice and good looks tended to make people not listen to him when he tried to be serious. |
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| Within moments, another blast of calming washes over me, totally reducing me to putty in her hands. |
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| For such a big machine, it made an incredibly gentle noise, the calming putt-putt of an outboard engine on a small boat. |
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| The calming, sattvic temperament accruing from a vegetarian diet is reflected in animals. |
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| I think after the anger comes some sort of grudging acceptance, but it's not going to be a very calming acceptance. |
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| I hope this goes some way to calming the situation down, and I hope the support you've had encourages you! |
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| Residents have hit out at traffic calming measures causing them endless roadworks and bumpy streets. |
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| The teenager's death prompted Stanwell residents to join forces to try to enforce a new traffic calming scheme in Long Lane. |
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| I certainly felt bound to the river for restoring my equilibrium, for calming my senses and for providing me with an escape from the city. |
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| She heard a car door shut and a muffled voice calming the dog who now went from barking to a whine. |
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| The news comes after dramatic increases in the money spent on road calming measures over the last few years. |
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| That glow was almost too calming, for the visitors were lulled into a drowse, then as they sank downwards, a peaceful sleep. |
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| Then, with your mind, think of calming the pain, easing it until it abates and is gone. |
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| All around them the bandits waited on horseback, except for Calderon who sat on the gypsy wagon's seat whistling a calming melody to his horses. |
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| It's an effective calming agent for the digestive tract, reducing acidity and helping indigestion and heartburn. |
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| Well, my road has traffic calming measures and quite frankly they make little or no difference. |
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| And the downtown Acro Club teaches such acrobatic postures while mixing in the calming moves of yoga. |
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| For the cost of calming a couple of streets with speed bumps we could buy the police a radar gun and a van from which they could operate. |
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| Hands in pockets, they stand around jostling, jockeying for place, small fights breaking out and calming. |
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| They have put traffic calming islands in the road, but lorries just swerve round them like juggernauts. |
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| But for some it was an exercise in calming the nerves as the belief in the power of muti or juju set in. |
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| The sound of cars whizzing by on the lonely suburban road always had a calming effect on him. |
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| He's always ready with a shoulder to lean on and like Bessie he can be a calming influence. |
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| The result is a plan which includes traffic calming measures, upgrading of local kerbing and footpaths, and a general tidy up of the village. |
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| To treat a cough, make a calming tea from equal parts of licorice root, anise seed, mullein leaves and wild cherry bark. |
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| Traffic calming proposals included the creation of a central refuge at the west end of the village to help elderly people cross the road. |
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| A simple circle of juvenile yews will eventually knit together to enclose a calming circle of pure green. |
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| The dinner ruined, Colonel Everson and the wizard repaired to the smoking-room to light their calming pipes. |
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| A crucial art of the political leader in a crisis is to mask his own fear with a calming projection to the public of certainty and resolution. |
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| The hyarmi, five in all, caressed the necks of their restive mounts, calming them. |
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| For example, oxytocin's calming effects are enhanced by estrogen, but antagonized by androgen, she notes. |
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| The calming sound of sea waves lapping the boardwalk, they swear, is the ultimate antidote to urban stress. |
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| In the way that he apposes the images and varies the pauses, he draws us into the evening's movement and its paradoxically calming effect. |
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| Golf is a game especially suited to loosening up, calming down and enjoying the company of friends in a leisurely landscape. |
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| After taking a few deep, calming breaths, she really looked at the two children. |
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| The American would have to spend time calming shareholder groups, and the best way to do so would be to back the manager with a sack of new cash. |
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| The reflected lighting is seductive, the flowers lush, the service charming, the prices calming. |
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| Instead she smoothed her hair with her hand, calming the dishevelled tangles and knots, and walked back into the empty bedroom. |
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| Traffic calming measures across the centre of Devizes, what a waste of taxpayers ' money! |
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| Appropriate subject matter for art could include pastoral scenes, landscapes, florals or anything else that is calming and appealing. |
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| That's when I began to recognize what a thrilling, yet deeply calming, experience ballooning is. |
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| Although many hold the view that drawing and painting can have a therapeutic and calming effect, Morris feels otherwise. |
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| Studies show sedative herbs gently depress the central nervous system, thus calming you and inducing sleep. |
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| There will also be an update from highways on proposed traffic calming measures and highways improvements in the area. |
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| She said they were now looking at possibly installing CCTV, improved lighting and traffic calming measures. |
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| He called for the dangerous stretch of road to become a slow speed zone or for traffic calming measures to be introduced there. |
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| Residents are protesting against council plans to install traffic calming measures on their doorsteps. |
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| Residents are campaigning for traffic calming measures on a road where a four-year-old boy was killed. |
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| One or two things could be better but, on the whole, I'm happy to accept the tedium which traffic calming measures bring. |
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| Members heard there was not enough money in the budget to provide a zebra crossing, traffic calming and speed limits. |
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| To give a second example, it could stop the spread of road humps and other so-called traffic calming measures. |
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| There are very busy roads through these towns and it is essential that there be proper traffic calming measures put in place. |
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| The chairperson also told the meeting that traffic calming measures were to be introduced in College Park. |
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| In the meantime, he is confident, temporary traffic calming measures will be in place within the next few weeks. |
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| Views on traffic calming measures for a busy area in Swindon are being sought. |
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| We were appalled to read in your newspaper that there is a scheme afoot to install so-called traffic calming measures in this road. |
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| Objectors to traffic calming measures at Burley Woodhead have been slammed by councillors who say the scheme is a vital for safety. |
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| Hull Road desperately needs speed cameras or some other traffic calming measure and has done for some time. |
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| Illuminated signs and traffic calming measures have been used effectively in other areas of the country for many years. |
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| It calls for traffic calming measures to be introduced to slow down speeding drivers on the Skipton estate. |
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| I am writing to you about the draconian road traffic calming measures currently being installed in Woodmansterne Road. |
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| On the other hand the sea has an amazingly calming and tranquil effect when the waters are calm. |
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| Anxious residents living near a Morden school are appealing for urgent traffic calming measures at an accident blackspot, which they say has become a daily danger to children. |
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| By mechanically applying an even pressure over the body, the squeeze chair creates a calming effect without the terror and over-stimulation of human touch. |
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| But from the results I would say it looks like the mini-roundabout and one-way traffic calming option are the preferred two but we haven't decided yet what will be introduced. |
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| When it comes to soothing the fevered brow, there are few more calming sights than the early-morning view across the world-renowned golf links of St Andrews. |
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| Wistful, peaceful, tonally rich, the music is perfect calming therapy. |
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| Unlike most news anchors, who are known for button-down decorum and a calming presence, he has been a persistently outspoken, dramatic and frequently polarizing figure. |
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| He had dimmed the lights and lit some calming incense burners. |
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| Adding a few drops of calming essential oils, such as lavender, bergamot or rose to your bathwater, or sprinkling them on your pillow, will help you to feel relaxed. |
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| Traffic calming measures were introduced last year when engineers reduced the width of Main Road at key points to encourage motorists to slow down. |
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| I love my job and have found work to be gratifying and even calming during periods when other parts of my life are far less so. |
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| He promises traffic calming to make the area more welcoming for families. |
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| The swoosh, like the doors they had had in the apartment, was calming. |
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| Marie, understanding my non sequitur answered me in a calming voice. |
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| Some limits will be mandatory, with traffic calming measures such as road humps and mini-roundabouts or traffic islands to force down traffic speeds. |
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| We nearly had a nasty experience with a ditch and a make-do bridge that it turned out we didn't need to cross anyway, and ended up calming our nerves in The Withy Cafe. |
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| Malik, blessed with a textbook technique, provided the calming touch. |
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| President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias laid a calming hand on 1980s El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. |
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| It is a blend of calming sandalwood, frankincense and myrrh, which give it a mystical, resinous quality, and exotic jasmine and rose for romantic sensuality. |
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| The unwanted blooms are at odds with his plans for a garden replicating the calming colours of an impressionist painting. |
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| She drew a deep calming breath and put his hand back on the covers. |
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| While the LSO no longer directs the pilot down, he is constantly giving advice if required and can be a calming voice for the inexperienced novice. |
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| Instead of inserting needles into the sensitive acupoints, Jin Shen uses prolonged fingertip massage to produce the same calming and energy-redirecting effect. |
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| I think there are influences making this worse instead of calming the situation. |
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| I could nut him and put him down, or keep negotiating and calming him. |
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| A resident today called for traffic calming measures on a Bradford road which he claims is being used as a rat run to avoid a major city roundabout. |
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| Use a fan or any white noise device that generates calming sounds. |
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| She carefully spoke to the horse calming it's raging temper. |
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| Although he's initially terrified at the prospect of being a father, Angela soon has a calming effect on him, despite her precocious, junk food-fuelled behaviour. |
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| She stoically soldiers on, even calming down her distraught fellow actors. |
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| He said possible options for the road could include creating a cul-de-sac, building a bypass or introducing speed-restrictions and traffic calming measures. |
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| I rocked her back and forth, sang her some songs, we even ventured downstairs for the teething ring and up again, but nothing I tried was calming her down. |
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| I stroked his head and murmured calming words and it seemed to help. |
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| I was very worried over the weekend, but I'm calming down a bit. |
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| Most traffic calming measures are necessary and need applauding, not lambasting by people more concerned about their precious cars than the important issues. |
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| It had extraordinary calming and muscle relaxant effects in animals. |
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| The warm liquid coursed down her throat, calming the fear she felt. |
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| For sunburned skin or after exposure to strong sunshine, experts recommend a Swedish massage with Oil of Frankincense, blended with geranium and calming lavender. |
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| Walnut timber floor and panelling are contrasted with the aubergine panelling of the limestone bar, and the furniture upholstery is a calming blue. |
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| After calming down and finishing my homework, I went to bed. |
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| Melissa has a fine reputation as a calming herb and it may be that the calming action is not as a nervine, but as a very effective thyrosuppressant. |
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| Getting through the early puppy phase was hard-going, particularly for mom, but thankfully he's calming down a lot now and mostly not acting quite so psychotic. |
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| His jockey, Philip Robinson did an excellent job calming him down for the race, but in many respects the damage had been done, and he faded in the final furlongs. |
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| Cajeput oil soothed and stimulated, petitgrain was balanced as well as calming and sweet orange oil detoxified and cleansed. |
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| Sylvia had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming. |
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| Since animals are a calming influence and there is no judgment, children learn confidence and a love of reading. |
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| Many find the sound and appearance of flowing water to be calming, and fountains and other water features are popular decorations. |
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| Sandalwood is one of the most calming incense ingredients and lends itself well to meditation. |
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| These efforts succeeded in defeating Bandala and replacing him with Policarpo Valenzuela, calming the situation in the state for a short while. |
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| This simple abdominal breathing exercise is extremely effective in calming the mind, releasing tension and energising the body. |
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| It's set to shifting music that is simultaneously unnerving and calming. |
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| The things Lindsay shows Lohan doing should be trite and calming. |
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| The council says although residents want traffic calming methods, they don't want permanent speed bumps. |
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| In the emergency room, traumatized patients are often given medications such as Valium or Xanax, aimed at calming them down. |
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| Glucosides, which are very similar to glucose and can often have a calming effect upon the heart and lungs. |
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| This formula has the functions of fortifying the spleen and disinhibiting dampness, leveling or calming the liver. |
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| The product contains seven botanical ingredients to deliver a calming effect on the skin. |
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| Far fewer vehicles on the road, more dual carriageways and no traffic calming. |
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| Perhaps the most powerful New Testament evocation of holiness as centeredness is the account of Jesus' calming of the storm at sea. |
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| Pink-in particular, a shade close to bubble gum-has calming effects, according to research published in the Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry. |
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| Chancer offers emotional support with soothing and calming effects for Iyal and his family. |
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| Following Hamid's death almost 200 people signed a petition calling for traffic calming measures on the busy road. |
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| In the Japanese arts furniture and design focused on the quality of the space, which was meant to evoke a calming and organic feeling to the interior. |
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| Soft organic forms are teamed with curvaceous outlines, with bright pops of colour on a backdrop of white, for an ultramodern look that is relaxed and calming. |
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| Traffic calming features are complementary to the council's strategy of introducing 20mph zones at schools, in residential areas and within communities. |
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| Grangefield Labour councillors Carol and Mike Clark were already calling for action on speeding before the near-miss, and have welcomed the new traffic calming plans. |
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| Well, the rattly, rackety mood immediately before and after the referendum is calming, day by day, week by week, and normal service is slowly being resumed. |
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| Most of the 18th century saw a calming of sectarian tensions in Ulster. |
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| Two earlier works vaguely echoed the drumroll of heavier industrial Minimalist art, such as that of Richard Serra, which titillates instead of calming the senses. |
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| One final message to the know-alls, I do not speed over the calming measures the only reason we have these abominations is due to inconsiderate motorists. |
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| Ward off any Christmas crabbiness with these handy calming products. |
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| In fact, gay readers who've been feeling spiritually bereft for whatever reason may find In the Eye of the Storm to be a calming force as they wrestle with questions of faith. |
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