Sentences with phrase «of appeasing»

So the FCC's apparent plan of appeasing the carriers — with a rule that'll get struck down in court instead of one resting on straight - forward Title II — doesn't seem to be working.

I agree with other commenters that the take - away quote is «Never do that again, even for the sake of appeasing authority.

BTW - The EU is busy watering down it's CO2 mandates because they realized that the welfare of their citizens comes ahead of appeasing hysterical greens.

For this reason, the Myriad Gods that watched over the land of Mizuho began to wreak havoc on the humans, and to quell this instability, the queen sacrifices her second daughter, Sakuya, in hopes of appeasing the gods.

It is likely the Fifa pre-order offer is being used as means of appeasing gamers put off by the Microsoft console's higher price tag.

They pulled the movie from theaters because millions have downloaded it already:P I do nt approve of them appeasing N Korea, the US Govt said there is no credible threat, but this comes under the damned if you do and damned if you don't scenario.

They were all likely sacrificed in the hopes of appeasing the gods and bringing rain.

They will still try to steal the toys from each other, but at least there are better odds of appeasing everybody.

That's hardly the type of volume to justify the expense of engineering and federalizing a vehicle, but Mercedes continues to do so as a means of appeasing its most loyal AMG enthusiasts.

«School officials must... exercise caution to avoid overreaction, knee - jerk reactions and / or the temptation to throw up security equipment after a high - profile incident primarily for the purpose of appeasing parents and relieving parental, community and media pressures.

Artists should not alter their world view (no matter how antiquated) for the sake of appeasing the new sensibility of viewers like himself.

Wike and Secondus thanked Chief George and said they would find a way of appeasing the South - West.»

Higher council tax bands have always been the likely way of appeasing the Lib Dem demand for higher taxes on the wealthy as their price for accepting deeper cuts in welfare.

For Democratic candidates like Beals, single - payer is one banner to take up in hopes of appeasing a restless primary electorate.

«Rather than reflecting any merit in the bill,» NYSSBA wrote to Governor Hugh L. Carey, «the Legislature's approval was manifestly its way of appeasing public employee unions angered by Executive and Legislative rejection of their protracted and expensive campaign» to repeal pension reforms enacted in 1976.

post 23 I agree As to VC he's just playing to the audience saying what the party faithful want to hear as a way of appeasing them after Nick Clegg's capitulation to the torys.

Ed Miliband has dramatically reshaped his shadow cabinet ready for the general election, demoting Blairites and installing women in key posts, however the Labour leader was quickly accused of appeasing the unions with the moves.

The Daily News reports that Flanagan went ahead with these maneuvers as a way of appeasing his supporters.

You may be sure Shadow and I were ravenous by this time; and the prospect of appeasing our appetites looked to me very slender.

In hopes of appeasing the divine anger, Israel «stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb (Sinai) onward» (v. 6).

In hope of appeasing the divine anger, the Israelites «stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb [Sinai] onward» (vs. 6).

But once a pertinent change of character has been obtained, Hartshorne feels that further punishment of a particular man is ethically unjustified — even though it may have some political justification as society's best means of appeasing the anger of those who have been victimized by the «guilty party.

The whole idea of appeasing gods through sacrifice or scapegoating ones sins, even in the case of Jesus, is pretty ridiculous isn't it?

That mercy is only found in Jesus Christ who lived the perfect life we failed to live and died the death we deserve as a means of appeasing the wrath of God towards us.

As such, the share price of Anadarko has sagged, and in fact, the company just decided buy back shares as a way of appeasing restless investors.

Or taking a different route entirely: In Silicon Valley, bootstrapping is typically underrated and undervalued, but it it gives founders the freedom to operate by their own rules — and protection from compromising their personal values (and health) in the name of appeasing investors.

But customers have very different needs, desires, and tolerances, and the challenge of appeasing them all grows with the size of your company.

Not exact matches

In a move likely aimed at appeasing competition regulators, the mining companies scrapped plans to jointly market up to 15 per cent of production from their Pilbara operations.

Presumably, the Internet behemoths — who have been facing increased scrutiny from the public and regulators in recent months — are reacting harshly to appease a growing chorus of critics.

Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang - ho, her father, sought to appease critics by announcing the resignation of his two daughters from their executive positions last month.

Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang - ho had tried to appease the public by announcing the resignation of his two daughters from executive positions last month.

«This latest potential U-turn is evidence of more chaos and confusion at the heart of government where uncosted pledges are made to try and appease the public.»

Seeking to appease investors with boosts to share prices, CEOs are prioritizing short - term returns at the expense of R&D, workforce training and other investments essential to their companies» long - term growth.

The internal campaign emails from August 2015 reveal the difficulty Clinton had in appeasing both unions and environmentalists as she fought for her party's nomination ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

The shifting accounts of the decision to fire Comey, whom Trump derided as a «showboat» and «grandstander,» added to a mounting sense of uncertainty and chaos in the West Wing, as aides scrambled to get their stories straight and appease an angry president.

Ma, who has created a database of polluting factories in China, shaming them to clean up their act, says more transparency is needed to appease the public as awareness spreads.

Lovers of art in advertising may not be appeased.

It was reported two weeks ago that Sony Pictures Entertainment will play ball with video game publisher / developer Ubisoft — appeasing what others have called unreasonable demands — in order to make a movie out of the company's massively successful, Montreal - developed franchise, Assassin's Creed.

Given its areas of specialization, Gilead wouldn't benefit as much from consolidation as, say, a generic - drug company would, but it still faces pricing pressure: To appease Medicaid and other insurers, Gilead is already steeply discounting its hep - C drugs, which can cost more than $ 80,000 for a 12 - week course.

He had to appease uneasy bankers and fire up the employees of his then - troubled chain of close - out stores.

For employers, appeasing all of these Millennial expectations in addition to meeting the rest of their multigenerational workforce's needs is a strain at best and impossible at worst.

The defense has sought to discredit the testimony of Ackal's former deputies — who have themselves pleaded guilty to crimes — arguing that they're benefitting from «paycheck prosecution,» and testifying to appease prosecutors before they're sentenced.

The company offers 24/7 customer support in a variety of formats to appease every taste: live chat, email and phone options are all available.

To appease conservatives, states would have the option of implementing work requirements for able - bodied adults without children or dependents.

The FDA's intent with Canada Drugs could be to restrict sales of erectile dysfunction drugs, appeasing the pharmaceutical lobby angry about lost sales of popular products, without targeting the sale of heart medication and similar life - saving drugs so as not to punish low - income Americans.

But the company is working on technology that it thinks can appease the desire that a majority of consumers have to physically interact with a product: augmented reality.

That may appease Sens. Rob Portman and Shelley Moore Capito, both of whom opposed the first bill in part because of their lack of funding to support recovering opioid addicts.

Appeasing China by sacrificing the interests of the Tibetan people has not yielded any benefits for India, nor has there been tranquillity in the Himalayas in recent decades.

Or would Trump seek to appease an audience that had, just a year ago, recoiled at his election and the era of American protectionism it seemed to usher in?

They think to be an entrepreneur, they need to learn term sheets, or learn customer acquisition costs, or learn growth metrics just to appease their next round of funding.