The steadying presence of a spouse can cause some people to act more conservatively, as well.
Despite his ruthlessness Mr Kagame is regarded as a steadying hand in a chaotic region.
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He's down there steadying the harness that's helping me walk the 35-foot-long beam.
Even Astra and Ericsson Investor's two most successful offshoots could do with a steadying hand.
He stops the truck, pulls out a pair of binoculars and scans the landscape, steadying his elbows against the bonnet.
Steadying Walt meanwhile is his friend of nearly 40 years, Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips, who is part Cherokee).
The iPhone-maker managed a 3.2% advance over the last five sessions though, potentially steadying itself for something of a comeback.
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Fast forward five-and-a-half years and the good work of ship-steadying by Walter Smith and then Alex McLeish has been ripped apart.
" Even the barren Moon is essential: "Without the Moon's steadying influence, the Earth would wobble like a dying top ...
But that "excuse me" caught my attention, and the sight of an old man steadying himself as he arose to speak.
Since then, the dull but dogged Hans Eichel has succeeded in steadying the economy and pointing it in the right direction.
None of this could exist without the steadying hand of American power.
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Despite his legal background, Harvey Pitt was anything but a steadying influence.
Since the collapse of Argentina's currency board in 2002, the central bank has focused more on steadying the peso than on stabilising prices.
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However, a minute later McFadden notched a steadying point for Donegal to end any prospect of Tyrone holding on to their Ulster title.
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They were valuable in steadying the heart-beat, and in providing clues to the cause of the heart disease, which might then be treated by conventional methods.
They lost the ball a staggering 34 times and the steadying hand of Wilkinson should prevent the lack of direction that was evident in the first encounter.
Steadying your in-game weapon by pulling the butt of the rifle works as promised, as does zooming in or looking through the scope by leaning your head toward the rifle's stock.
Brandon Bass added 17 points, steadying Boston as it shook off an 11-0 deficit and pulled away in the second half to stop the Knicks again from achieving their first playoff series victory since 2000.
Industrial fabrication demand for silver is set to rise by 6% this year, according to consultant Thomson Reuters GFMS, led by accelerating economic activity in India and China, rising global auto sales and a steadying solar industry.
The economy may be steadying German nerves.
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Put simply, the argument for helping Russia now is that it would give its new government a chance of steadying market nerves, and thereby provide a long enough breathing space a year or so for reforms to bite and to start benefiting people.
For its part America, enjoying merely the illusion of a unipolar moment in what is an increasingly multi-polar world, has interests in Asia not least of them steadying the now nuclear-tipped rivalry between India and Pakistan, and managing the rise of China where easier relations with India could help.
" Even the barren Moon is essential: "Without the Moon's steadying influence, the Earth would wobble like a dying top.... The Moon's steady gravitational influence keeps the Earth spinning at the right speed and angle to provide the sort of stability necessary for the long and successful development of life.
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