Word: allay
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These two seem to believe that the Palestinians are so barbaric that they can do nothing to allay their misery short of threatening the safety of Israeli civilians with random acts of violence. I think the Palestinian people are capable of better...
...most famous poem, "Lorelay," set to music by Friedrich Silcher, has some of the melancholia (if not the elfin wit) that marked many Hart lyrics: "I do not know what haunts me,/ What saddened my mind all day;/ An age-old tale confounds me,/ A spell I cannot allay." And a quatrain Heine wrote for his wife Therese - "You're lovely as a flower,/ So pure and fair to see;/ I look at you, and sadness/ Comes stealing over me" - is echoed in Hart's pathetic, lifelong obsession with women. His need for them was exceeded only by his belief...
...recently announced departure of West has done little to allay their fears...
...busy executives, that costs money. Apart from lengthy check-in procedures, there's a 30% chance that a scheduled European flight will be delayed at least 15 minutes. And since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, not only are some executives spooked by security concerns, but new airport procedures to allay those fears can add another hour to check-in times...
...Eager to allay fears of Hitchcock-style bird terror, FM spoke with Alison G. Price, a Cambridge Animal Control Officer and 12-year-veteran of controlling the feral Cambridge streets...