Word: allayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
...what door, at what time? Suspicious actions and meaningful words are sprinkled throughout the first half-hour of the play, leaving you the remaining hour to feel really observant as you confront the characters with their deeds. The production takes care of every detail to ensure your satisfaction and allay any doubts: at one point, a member of the audience is summoned to the stage to place a phone call to verify Mrs. Shubert's alibi. After running for ten years, no accusation is new, and an answer to every possible question has been carefully prepared...
...identity as women and putting men so on the defensive that they stay away from a cause that they, too, can do much to help. There is no underestimating the crucial importance of the march, but perhaps more of an effort to include men during the preceding week would allay the popular misconception that Take Back the Night is a diatribe against all men. Let this be the year that both female and male students work together to make the march an inclusive rather than exclusive--event...
Sommers notes that some events already beingplanned may allay concerns about the program'sisolation from the rest of the Faculty...
...wonderful that these two people received this prize, especially because these two sides had been antagonistic," Asani said. "Their efforts were finally recognized and perhaps this can help allay fears on both sides...