And yet to her own surprise, Franklin saw the offer as disturbing and not reassuring.
The quick return of extremely bullish investor sentiment after only a two-week bounce-back rally is not reassuring either.
However, the historical record is not reassuring on that score.
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Certainly, President Hamid Karzai's performance to date is not reassuring.
Even where the police do trip up, the current law is not entirely reassuring.
Director Michael Mann creates a rising line of tension and paranoia which leads, paradoxically, to a muted, not entirely reassuring ending.
Activision, another Xbox gamemaker, has a billion-dollar market capitalization despite its cheaper multiple, but insiders were selling off its stock this fall--not a reassuring sign.
But the experience of devolution to date is not very reassuring.
But the noises coming out of Tehran are not exactly reassuring.
That's not very reassuring for anyone skittish about linking their commentary to a Facebook account relatives might see, if they're even willing to join a social network in the first place.
His popularity ratings may not be so reassuring 12 or 18 months ahead.
For Mr Greenspan, that might not be as reassuring as it sounds.
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Amid the hurly burly of Westminster, politics and recent events at the BBC, it is reassuring not just to see such courage on display but also to know that just occasionally the right thing is done.
Even then, as we saw recently, this coverage itself may not be accurate or effective in reassuring the population.
But it is certainly reassuring to know that not only do we have the talent and expertise right here at home - but also that they have been so publicly acknowledged.
Lead researcher Dr Laurel Yates said the findings were not surprising, but it was reassuring to discover that making the effort to stay fit and healthy still paid dividends in later life.
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That is reassuring, but it does not mean that the use of trade measures to enforce core labour standards is a good idea.
With that, the pharmacist can be a reassuring source of information about not only what elders must pay for out of pocket, but side effects, drug incompatibilities and warnings.
Southgate had been called into reassuring fans that the club would not lose their new signing to a legal challenge.
The week before I'd been talking to customers, advising them on transactions and even reassuring some customers that things might not be as bad as the media was reporting.
But some people in the industry say the association's figures are underestimates, aimed at reassuring overseas buyers that supplies will not be interrupted and deterring grape growers from jacking up their prices.
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Yet in the first weeks since his Dec. 18 election, Kim has shown he may have the stuff of leadership, reassuring international bankers that he will not shy from tough but necessary economic reforms.
This is a good point, and it was reassuring to hear that Google is not simply planning to export the US settlement to the rest of the world and present it as the only model.
The Justice Department sent a letter Friday to AMI, reassuring the company that federal agents will not be going through business records or computer files and have no intention of compromising the company's journalistic work or sources.
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