To appease the pixies, Guernsey folk would leave a bowl of porridge out at night.
To appease his critics, however, he repaid a few thousand dollars of the charges.
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Companies are often tempted to appease these groups lest they suffer harmful publicity or hostile regulation.
He said the move was to demonstrate transparency and "not to appease a murderer".
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Though, we're not sure such attempts of theirs at semi-legibility will do much to appease Sony.
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The old management team forged a compromise to appease the unions, according to Hiltz.
Perhaps, the critics say, the radiation-tracking system was implemented mostly to appease Cuban-American hardliners.
His successor, President Joyce Banda, has taken steps to appease donors with a series of reforms.
No need to raise taxes to appease us (taxes are a third rail in American politics).
And Smith knows the best way to appease disgruntled fans is to produce positive results.
This is likely to appease Germany, which had raised concerns about money-laundering on the island.
The House bill in particular has been peppered with several amendments to appease key interest groups.
Instead, it's more of an effort to appease those who might disagree with the switch.
State department spokesman Phillip Crowley tried to appease the crowd and tone down the forced take-over.
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Wasteful programmes are included to appease congressmen looking to boost employment in their districts.
He is shackled by his wish to appease trade unions to boost Al Gore's presidential hopes.
Those over 55 would not be affected an attempt to appease the powerful old people's lobby.
Affluence comes by aligning talent to capital without having to appease those in authority.
Families pray and make offerings at pagodas to appease the restless spirits of their ancestors.
As for Iran, Obama's attempt to appease the regime is little different from his predecessors' policies.
Panetta demanded that Israel make renewed gestures as well to appease the Egyptians, Turks and Jordanians.
Privately, American officials admit they went along with the scheme to appease impatient congressmen.
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In an apparent effort to appease America, the Chinese expelled him the following month.
The problem is that the US's moves to appease its enemies empower them to keep fighting.
Even beyond that, the FDIC seems to be going out of its way to appease the Pritzkers.
"Answers like that were seen as being meant more to appease us than anything, " the source said.
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But don't think China is increasing costs to exporters just to appease the U.S. or other countries.
Obviously, these attacks had an effect on him that attempts to appease him would not have had.
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In fact, she has never even publicly criticized the European and American attempts to appease the mullahs.
Nevertheless, to appease its voters, the party wants the talks to continue, however unprofitable their likely outcome.
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