Word: allayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...allay fears that academic freedom might be compromised by the agreement. MGH officials arranged for safeguards, including a guarantee that investigators in the new molecular biology department be able to choose their own research projects and that they have freedom to control the time and place for announcing their findings to the public, without interference from Hoechst. "Research will be sponsored, but not directed by the company," Dr. Charles A. Sanders, director of MGH. assured...
While President Bok, who was angered over the unauthorized release of the report, and other administrators attempted to allay fears that the document might adversely affect Harvard's admissions policies, more than 200 incensed students rallied in the Yard and marched through University Hall in late October, demanding an increased commitment to affirmative action and an official public denial of the Klitgaard report...
...addition to the cost of energy and debt repayment, have fueled Israel's economic crisis. In 1980 the country's military security cost $5.4 billion, fully 31% of the $17.7 billion budget-and that does not count $1.4 billion in military aid from the U.S. to allay losses from the peace treaty with Egypt. Israel's war machine is formidable. The Israel Defense Forces (I.D.F.) has grown immensely since the traumatic weeks of the 1973 October War. The armed forces now number 169,000, with 252,000 reservists ready to report on 24 to 48 hours...
During the interval the Administration hopes to negotiate restrictions on how the Saudis can use the planes. These guarantees might allay the fears of some congressional supporters of Israel, and put pressure on Republicans who have misgivings about the sale but are equally dismayed by the thought of handing their President a major foreign policy defeat...
...writing to correct errors stated in William F. Hammond's editorial piece on the History Department's revision of sophomore tutorial. I should also like to allay any fears and suspicions aroused by the article about the History Department's intentions and goodwill...