| It began as a way of pacifying her when she was in a rare grumpy mood, and now it's the reason we go to Target. |
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| It offered prize money and prestige, and largely succeeded in pacifying the warriors. |
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| Two thousand campesinos fought there last year under the pacifying influence of police armed with bullwhips and tear gas. |
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| Instead, the company has focused on ineffective and inconvenient security procedures for the sole purpose of pacifying the traveling public. |
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| The government continues to argue that it can fight and defeat the rebels, pacifying the entire country in the process. |
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| With that data, pacifying the grid requires that the disturbance be diagnosed, and counteractive actions taken. |
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| Starting around 575 BCE, as a way of pacifying the northern kingdom, Tiglathpileser takes over the lands belonging to the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and exiles them. |
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| I was working 60-80 hours a week, plus I was studying, so all my free time was spent pacifying myself with an accumulation of possessions. |
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| Governments are promising ever more severe budget cuts in the hope of pacifying bond markets. |
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| Is it a pacifying role, opening up the way to a dialogue with Iraq, or is it a detonating role? |
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| Overrunning the state was one thing, but pacifying it proved to be another. |
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| Without a tangible improvement of the human rights situation, all attempts at pacifying the region are doomed to failure. |
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| Although food rewards elicit strong responses relative to the kong, these responses are pacifying and short lived. |
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| Meantime, the Force was busy pacifying the warring tribes of Indians and persuading them into new ways of living. |
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| Also, rather than stemming industrial agitations or pacifying unions, the scheme led to increased strike action in the public health sector. |
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| In the midst of conflict, efforts to protect human rights are essential to save lives and may have a pacifying impact on the conflict itself. |
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| This is the initial direction: a local metropolitan project can assume the role of pacifying and calming fast-moving and insatiable flows. |
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| And there are TV screens everywhere, pumping out a constant stream of ramped up news and political rhetoric, at once nerving up and pacifying the populace. |
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| The idea of occupying and pacifying a country by airpower alone, or with the air force as the primary force employed, is especially attractive to airmen. |
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| In unstable and weak societies in particular, the regulatory and pacifying function of the state's structures is an important pillar of state legitimacy. |
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| This has left the job of pacifying Fallujah and other restive parts of Iraq to an American army that is stretched too thin and shows every sign of having reacted with excessive force. |
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| At the WSIS, civil society has reaffirmed itself as a structuring, pacifying as well as constructive power and this constitutes a true historical leap. |
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| That could weigh the province's demographic balance even further against Balochs. Pakistan's previous attempts at pacifying Balochistan do not inspire confidence. |
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| Under these circumstances, the pacifying declarations on humanitarian aid by the European institutions are shamefully hypocritical and we have no intention of backing them, which is why we abstained from the vote. |
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| After the conclusion of the war, the process of pacifying the provinces that had rebelled against Henry II began. |
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| The study also found that the pacifier was no more successful in pacifying the baby than other soothing methods, such as breastfeeding, carrying and rocking. |
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| To illustrate the strength of attraction and pacifying effect of the prospect of Europe, I wish to stop to pause for a moment to comment on the political situation in Serbia and Kosovo. |
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| In January 1870, the magazine spoke of the advantages of pacifying Rupert's Land and establishing a stable government which would encourage British Columbia to join Confederation and not the United States. |
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| It means that offering a service in both official languages is seen as a way of serving Canadians better rather than simply pacifying a government monitoring agency. |
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| The report of the Secretary-General notes that the task of pacifying and stabilizing the region and promoting development there is an immense but achievable one. |
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| Once the city was occupied, he participated in pacifying the rebelling citizens of Toulon with the same artillery that he first used to conquer the city. |
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| In 1655 Beketov's Cossacks were sieged in Shilkinsky ostrog by rebelous Buryats and after pacifying the locals they had a chance to leave the fortress for the Amur River. |
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