And he needed to figure out how to split up Motorola to placate shareholders like Carl Icahn.
The British government decided that the best way to do this was to placate the Afrikaners.
Obama's Republican adversaries were quick to accuse him of selling out allies to placate Russia.
And Haggerty said the sport's leading tournaments have not coordinated their efforts to placate players.
Mr Bush is trying to placate this group with promises of tougher border security.
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To placate conservatives, he promoted nuclear power and recently came out for more offshore oil-drilling.
However, labour-market flexibility has, if anything, been reduced by measures designed to placate the trade unions.
The various accounting bodies are trying to placate the politicians while avoiding watering down standards too much.
But while small shareholders could be ignored, she felt it important to placate the big financial institutions.
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Japan released the captain of the fishing trawler in late September to placate Beijing and reduce tension.
He accused President Morsi of trying to placate fans of al-Ahly, who are known as the Ultras.
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But Germany, much keener to placate Russia, would rather keep the Balts out of the alliance altogether.
He did so to placate powerful interest groups in the medical industry who were dead set against these measures.
But if you want to manage Talent, either placate them or anticipate tantrums.
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First, he asked what he needed to do to placate a public that views him as soft on defense.
While such deals are not obligatory, the government expects investors to placate the unions before handing over the keys.
Rather than seeking to placate Obama, Israel should try to wait him out.
Brown was so shaken by the outcry he invented the non means-tested winter fuel allowance to placate his elderly critics.
Now, you know, slowly over the past few weeks, Musharraf has taken several steps to placate critics of his action.
Pervez Musharraf has plenty of people to placate, and he has been moving slowly and deliberately since he grabbed power.
With institutional and private investors to placate, they believe microfinance companies will place the interests of shareholders above their clients.
The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, for example, was passed amidst great controversy, and in order to placate the Irish.
But when organizations under fire try to placate their critics and remain the bland, non-controversial organization they once were, things explode.
Now, whether this would be enough to placate them or whether there would be an ongoing rivalry, I don't think we know.
These phrases serve as buzzwords, used to placate suffering fan bases and bring a smidgen of hollow optimism to a hopeless situation.
Bondholder losses would be substantial, to placate the Germans, Dutch and Finns.
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Now, with Qwest's new bid on the table, Verizon may be forced to up its offer in order to placate MCI shareholders.
To placate the judges while preventing an explosion in pay demands, he needs Congress to approve the salary cap for public servants.
They have attempted to placate insurgent groups by giving them more autonomy.
The victim feels fearful and feels the need to placate the abuser.
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