Word: allaying
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...allay the fears of France (pop. 42 million) that a reunited Germany (pop. 65 million) might one day dominate the European Assembly elections, a ceiling was fixed above which no nation's delegation might rise. Luxembourg (pop. 300,000) was pacified by a clause guaranteeing representation for states whose populations are too small to elect even one member to the supranational chamber...
...allay French fears that German recruits might coalesce into a new, nationalistic Wehrmacht, EDC will integrate its units at the division level. There will be no German General Staff; goose-stepping is verboten. The main contributions to the proposed 43-division force...
Said Dr. Hardy: "It is a sad commentary on our professional integrity and honesty when antibiotic or chemotherapeutic agents are prescribed for an undefined illness in order to placate anxious parents and [allay] our own insecurity...
...Roosevelt's example, argued some Republicans, he might be trapped into implied approval of Democratic policies. During the campaign Truman had given Ike quite a lesson in the technique of shifting responsibility, by trying to make it appear that Ike was to blame for the Korean war. To allay fears that Truman would spring another trap, Ike's press secretary issued a statement emphasizing that Eisenhower would possess "no authority of any kind" until his inauguration, and that the chief function of his representatives would be to obtain information...
...went to U.N. Commissioner Eduardo Anze Matienzo. the genial Bolivian who prepared the way for federation. Anze Matienzo arrived in Asmara 20 months ago in the wake of bloody riots between Eritrea's Moslems and its Christian Copts. He went into every corner of the land seeking to allay religious distrust. His success was shown by the peaceful nature of Eritrea's first national elections, held earlier this year, which sent 34 Copts and 34 Moslems to an assembly that ratified a constitution acceptable to both sects...