Word: allaying
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...same time, confederation would probably allay some of the clamor in West Germany for reunification, thereby lessen the strain on West German loyalty to NATO. West Germans might feel that, without any Russians in the act, they could get along with and even prevail over East German Communists. But the contrary would be true: confederation would give the Soviet puppet government of East Germany a voice, however small, in the common affairs of Germany, and that voice would not long be reticent...
...pigeon dung. To remove the humors from his brain they blew hellebores up his nostrils and set him sneezing. To make him sick they poured antimony and sulphate of zinc down his throat. To clear his bowels they gave him strong purgatives and a brisk succession of clysters. To allay his convulsions they gave him spirit of human skull...
Mercy Killing. "Morals evidently condemn mercy killing, that is, the intention to cause death. But if a dying person consents, it is permissible to use with moderation narcotics which will allay his suffering but will also cause quicker death ... In this case, death is not the direct intention...
...life and its literature. Gone is the gentle velvet touch or the cultivated wit; in its place--attended by the three old shrews of overstatement, needless elaboration, and editorial foot-note--is the effective finesse of the piledriver. Monocle Credits cleverly mention precisely what the author's parodying, to allay the confusion...
Stomma appealed to Wladyslaw Gomulka's ruling Communists "to resurrect the energies of the nation" by trusting it with a "margin of freedom." To restore the "aim of life and joy in living" that might allay the "bitterness, nihilism, hooliganism and drunkenness" in the land, said Stomma, "confidence must be mutual-of people in authorities, but even more so of the authorities in the people. Only in this way can Polish society be united...