Word: allayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contribution." During his time in Cambridge he has worked to aid understanding between people of different races, cultures and classes. One way of achieving this goal is to recruit more minorities, and Perez will be helping the admissions office do just that next year by trying to allay Chicano students' fears of the 352-year-old institution...
...George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze were in Geneva last week making the final arrangements for the session. On the eve of the summit, Gorbachev is hoping that by cutting his losses in Afghanistan, he will win friends and influence governments around the globe. If he can allay concerns about Soviet intentions from the Pacific to the Caribbean, Gorbachev may persuade a mistrustful world to lower its guard and permit more maneuvering room for Soviet diplomacy. To that end, he wants to restore the atmosphere of detente that the invasion of Afghanistan did so much to destroy nearly...
...years that wide swatches of the rest of the world are turning from obedient clients into uppity competitors. Trade imbalance, budget deficits, falling currency, skyrocketing military expenses now conspire to trouble the American dream. There is a nagging fear that things are coming unglued, and Kennedy does little to allay...
...allay the future employment fears of these soon-to-be former Sears employees the state began this fall an innovative education program in partnership with industry...
...evening study break in Grays East, Fitzsimmons sought to allay what he said is a common freshmen fear of the "admissions mistake." Fitzsimmons said that new students "often question the legitimacy of their place at Harvard when they are surrounded by so many exceptional people. They wonder how they slipped...