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...slight change in the match format for today's contest may serve to allay the Crimson's insecurity at the doubles positions...
...next day Clinton produced Aristide before cameras in the White House to allay some of the fears that the Haitian's reputation as an anti-U.S. leftist and rabble-rousing demagogue have stirred. Speaking in careful English -- his native language is Creole French -- the slightly built Roman Catholic priest declared, "We say no to retaliation, no to vengeance." To dispel any thought that the U.S. might be installing by force a new President-for-life, Aristide pledged to abide by his country's constitution and yield his office to an elected successor in February 1996, when his five-year...
...succeed, Clinton must stick to his vision. The principal reason his ambitions for health care and crime met such resistance is that what started out as grand schemes to allay middle-class anxieties were increasingly seen as yet more remedial programs for the poor. Working people don't play midnight basketball. They go to Jones Beach. Build that, and activist government might once again become a going proposition...
Spiegelman sought to allay the fears of neighbors who have fought to prevent Harvard's expansion in the past. The University, she promised, will preserve open spaces and historical buildings and will not increase parking--a frequent point of contention between Harvard and local residents in recent years...
During the hearing, the governor sought to allay legislators' fears that the bill will be expensive. Weld cited an initial analysis by the Department of Correction indicating that in six years only an additional 108 inmates will be in prison...