| In a week of such in-house turbulence, the return to first-team duty is a welcome snippet of positive news to pour oil on troubled waters. |
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| Now a local MP is trying to pour oil on troubled waters by enlisting the help of the Bishop to act as peacekeeper. |
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| And in a move guaranteed to pour oil on troubled waters, the store has asked the band to play a promotional concert on its premises. |
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| Torsten Husén's personal and avuncular disposition, which did much to pour oil on troubled waters, should also be mentioned. |
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| The great diplomat has arrived to pour oil on troubled waters. |
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| In the end we decided the best thing for him to do is to soldier on, to pour oil on troubled waters in liberal quantities and to live with the problem. |
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| I congratulate the rapporteur on the quality of his amendments and his attempt to pour oil on troubled waters. |
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| Juncker's decision to award the crucial finance portfolio to a Briton was intended to pour oil on troubled waters, after David Cameron tried to block Juncker's appointment. |
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| We always try to pour oil on troubled waters and get people to share a common vision of where they want to get to and how they're going to get there. |
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