Word: allaying
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...certain that last night's speech will not allay fears. If Mr. Roosevelt does not do it Sunday, business will become more certain that he is swinging to the left. The sniping of which he complains will develop into a fusillade. Thus it would be wise if he gives definite indication of what he intends to do. A conservative tone may enable business to benefit from the world recovery which is underway. A radical toss will at least let them know what he is doing and a definite program will show the country what to expect. His big job Sunday...
...Jimmie Rodgers' songs was called "Whippin' That Old T. B." A doctor told him he could never whip it if he kept on drinking, prescribed a codeine formula to allay his pain. But it was too late then. Last year in Manhattan tuberculosis whipped Jimmie Rodgers into his grave...
...allay any fears that students might have concerning the ability of the committee to take care of itself, Hurlbut issued the following statement: "Arrangements for our sixth Annual Ball have been going on for the past two months. After all our work we will not allow the National Student League to disturb our plans, in spite of the fact that our mere existence is an insult to them. The dance will be held Friday night as previously announced...
...Next day, with the Union troops driven back, his house was inside the Confederate lines. His mistress chose that day to have qualms of conscience: she was sure her husband (a Northern officer) would be killed in next day's battle, and implored Bale to find him and allay his suspicions of her fidelity...
When the N.R.A. was first documented there were many who suspiciously scented a rat in the structure, saying that it had Fascist proclivities of a disturbing nature. The latest "fighting speech" of General Johnson will not do much to allay these worries. Dragging out the musty old rhetorical formula of banker and steel-worker pulling together in sweet harmony toward Prosperity, the General has added as a corollary that strikes are inimical to that teamwork; and this declaration has been approvingly echoed in the press everywhere. In place of the strike, "mediation boards" are to settle all industrial disputes...