Word: allay
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Governor Askew tried to allay some fears by assuring the crime commission and the Chamber of Commerce that Miami Beach would receive the full cooperation of the Federal Government -which probably means anything up to and including troops in the event of a disturbance. Despite the anxieties that remained, it is doubtful that Miami Beach will resist the pressures of the Administration and the Governor...
...allay public jitters, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that it was investigating the airlines involved for failure to screen passengers before departure. An offense against that rule, which was adopted by the FAA last February, could bring fines of $1,000 each. The FAA charged that neither United nor PSA had prescreened passengers on the flights that were hijacked, and Frontier admitted that its metal-detection devices at Albuquerque were not working on the day Chavez-Ortiz pulled his protest hijack. In addition to using metal detectors, airlines are supposed to scrutinize passenger behavior at ticket counters to spot potential...
Under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, only the Attorney General or a "specially designated" Assistant Attorney General has the power to authorize federal investigators to seek a court warrant for wiretapping. The law deliberately limited authorization of wiretaps in order to allay fears of widespread, unchecked surveillance. In the Nixon Administration, only Mitchell was legally empowered to authorize wiretaps. He did not delegate that authority to an Assistant Attorney General permitted, under the law, to act in his behalf...
...island and the lack of any mention of the U.S. defense commitment-a commitment that Nixon later reconfirmed-the communique looked to many nations, particularly in Asia, like a U.S. obeisance to Peking. One Indonesian newspaper called it "a death verdict for Taiwan." To counter that impression, and to allay the fears of the U.S.'s Asian allies, Nixon sent Assistant Secretary of State Marshall Green on an eleven-country post-summit tour of friendly capitals in Asia and the Pacific basin...
...Sato government has been trying for some time to allay fears of nuclear weaponry among the Japanese people. Many observers here feel that, despite official disclaimers, this is part of government plans to pave the way for popular acceptance of Japanese nuclear armament, now non-existent. Certainly, Japanese industry is ready. It is estimated that nuclear warheads could be produced within two years at the most...