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Getting the invoice from the printer may assauge the panic a bit; I'm pretty sure I have a few hundred in PayPal for Explo, but I can't know for certain until I get a final invoice.
Monday gingerdoss 2009
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All the talk that Ballmer and his minions are pumping into the media is just a feeble and erroneous attempt to assauge fears of share holders worried that such a deal will collapse due to corporate culture incompatibilities.
Microsoft President on Micro-Hoo: We Can Do It - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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He said he hoped her late husband's election would assauge some of her grief.
Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won 2009
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Hammer the meme that Clinton is willing to throw the party under the bus to get four more years of Bush to assauge her petty ego when she loses.
On Conference Call, Obama Advisers Parry More Incoming Fire 2009
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Trying these individuals under Habeas would be a crime against justice and american values, because it would be a farce done to simply assauge the conscience.
"Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be difficult to close..." Ann Althouse 2009
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Obama, too, has been dogged by doubts about whether his two years in the Senate qualifies him to be President, and perhaps hopes the history of fellow Illinois pol Lincoln will assauge such doubts. print share
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They would assauge the fears of the students and try to enlist them in their cause.
Another Madison murder. Ann Althouse 2008
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Of course the onus on proving some level of humanity to Whites, is on Blacks, by being less threatening, not too smart or too pretty in order to assauge what they may normally believe about Black people.
Hellboy II (2008) Steven Barnes 2008
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U.S. officials say this will really be an opportunity for them to try to assauge any concerns on the part of the Japanese that the United States is somehow softening its stance when it comes to North Korea.
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So, they raised the total cost to assauge some Republicans.
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