Looking for Western cash, wider global influence, and reassurance about Nato expansionism, he could not have been more cooperative. |
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If only my mother had known about such simple measures as adjusting the feeding position and soothing reassurance. |
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There is often little creative scope, frustration is common, and regular praise and reassurance are essential. |
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Along with the spinach pancakes I also enjoyed some comfort and reassurance. |
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They are given support and reassurance during their stay but, once they return home, they are on their own. |
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To pre-empt that process by false praise or empty reassurance is not to further the growth of the individual but to cripple it. |
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Through it all, a coach provides a steady stream of encouragement and reassurance. |
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Enthusiastic patient contact, reassurance, and long term support are important. |
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I know that many people find a great deal of comfort and reassurance from their faith and I'm happy for them. |
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For these children, the parent seemed to be both a source of fear and of reassurance. |
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Grief mostly requires reassurance from friends and counseling by family physician with occasional small dose of anxiolytic medication. |
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This reassurance gap is a national phenomenon, which is very much apparent in Cumbria. |
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The very sight of her roused such fond, nervous emotions and reassurance in him that he himself could hardly make sense of them. |
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Through dry, cracked lips, I began a feeble attempt at reassurance, but was immediately interrupted. |
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But he provides some reassurance that BTo was taking care not to falsely accuse anyone of sharing illegal content. |
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Sugar presses forward, rolling this talking Sisyphus stone farther up the slope, flashing William a smile of reassurance. |
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We are always recruiting telephoners so we can maintain and increase our telephone reassurance program. |
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The steering is light enough for manoeuvring, but maintains enough weight to give reassurance at speed on the open road. |
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They also suffer from depressive disorders and need constant reassurance about their self-worth. |
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When music is recognizable, as in a melody with a traditional harmonic accompaniment, we experience reassurance. |
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Bonnycastle also points out that an art book gives collectors more reassurance about an artist's longevity. |
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The thought that this whole thing was a set-up crossed her mind, involuntarily causing her to grip her gun for reassurance. |
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Afterall, there was a shade of reassurance in the predictable, however dire that certain predictable may be. |
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He said it was the kind of response he expected from his team but, still, he had the air of a man who was mightily happy at the reassurance. |
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Without this legal reassurance, military leaders and their troops could have laid themselves open to charges of war crimes. |
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The simple repetition of bland reassurance that fails to address patients' fears is ineffective. |
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The president conveyed strength and reassurance and firmness, without bombast, without posturing. |
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Its end provided an opportunity to seek reassurance and a new identity in real or imagined ethnic nationalisms. |
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All new technologies generate fears of unknown and perhaps unknowable potential harm, but reassurance is demanded nonetheless. |
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Was the press snookered by all this official reassurance, and maybe is just now waking up to reality? |
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The great compulsory voting experiment is unravelling and all that he can offer is bland reassurance that an untried system will cope. |
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As for Joseph, he is pointing to himself, eyes upraised as if seeking reassurance. |
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What business needed on Wednesday was reassurance that it would no longer be treated as a soft touch to raise more taxes. |
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It has given us a degree of visibility to the public and given reassurance to the passengers and the company itself. |
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They tend to be overly concerned about abandonment and make unreasonable demands upon a partner for reassurance and nurturance. |
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It's a backhanded reassurance, one that allows for cracks of doubt in the organization's trust-us mentality. |
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Woodgate has brought some more reassurance, but it is only when Ferdinand and Woodgate are in harness that they really look the part at the back. |
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Even non-working phones can be converted to provide a one-touch dial service to 999 and to receive incoming calls for extra reassurance. |
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I do not want Cordelia getting emotional reassurance from a cheesy, cheap, plastic phone. |
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I went though several more of these chicken-and-egg conversations before getting the reassurance I craved. |
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But we can draw some reassurance from the inevitable homoeostatic mechanisms that will kick in. |
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The silence that had slid around her in the cold, dark room was not a comfort or a reassurance. |
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Ultimately, he is surprisingly reminiscent of the incurable sentimentalist, forever seeking comfort and reassurance for his damaged inner child. |
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Patients of all ages came for medical care, physicals, immunizations and reassurance. |
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Violence itself becomes a means of reassurance, a fortuitous opportunity through which the strength of re-enforced steel is tested. |
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Kieran held the animal to the rapid pace with a soft croon of reassurance that Michael doubted he felt. |
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For the prevention of at least some war, what matters is non-provocation and reassurance by means of defensiveness. |
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Minimal police presence and God-fearing ladies offer reassurance that order has been restored even though the ghetto is now in ruins. |
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All are meant to purvey the same message of ubiquitousness, a sinister blend of reassurance and menace. |
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All she needed was the reassurance that the girl was not entangled in a messy relationship. |
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Like major depression, dysthymia can be treated with supportive therapy that provides advice, reassurance, sympathy, and education. |
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But using a famously queeny actor to accomplish this task of reassurance makes the film interesting to us fifty years later. |
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With the reassurance it would be no challenge for people who had made treks in the Himalayas, she waved them goodbye. |
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This time I don't feel that way so much, the wriggling and jiggling and tickling inside feels more like a reassurance that all is well. |
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Value can be added by providing the reassurance of effective aftersales service. |
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She will also need some reassurance that in future she will be kept safe and that such an event will not repeat itself. |
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They could easily be readapted for military use so the Government needed this reassurance. |
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In his place is a man who trades on trust but whose personality offers limited reassurance. |
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But the main need for our frail elderly brothers and sisters in Christ is fellowship and reassurance in the gospel. |
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I had interviewed her and noted she was nervous and wanted reassurance and comfort. |
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Support and reassurance that growing pains will pass as children grow up can help them relax. |
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The arrival of police community support officers and community wardens can help give the public reassurance. |
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She has had trouble with her back and was tearful with relief after the comforting reassurance meted out by her principal and tutors. |
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Women who have experienced such loss require considerable reassurance and support in a subsequent pregnancy. |
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The survey revealed that non-sexual desires, such as the need for reassurance and understanding, were a primary motive among women for infidelity. |
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There's just a touch of power in the sun now, a reassurance that the planet is moving on, tilting towards the light, lengthening the days and getting ready for Spring. |
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Super-optimists suggest that, perhaps with some changes and reassurance from European leaders, the noes might be turned into yeses, like water into wine. |
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Their duties include tackling anti-social behaviour, helping regular officers and providing reassurance and a presence in some of the most crime-ridden communities. |
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It can be tempting to lean on your partner and rely on them for reassurance, but the stronger you are as an individual, the stronger and more equal your relationship will be. |
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Angel looked at Dave for some reassurance, her eyes glittering with alarm. |
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Because we're frightfully busy here at the office, all I can give you now is reassurance that the lady and I are okay, a little bruised and sore, but okay. |
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His anxious relatives are desperate for reassurance that he is safe. |
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Some women find this method disconcerting because the period they have each month while on the pill is reassurance that they haven't become pregnant. |
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Doctors seldom have an important role, except perhaps to provide reassurance, but they may need to administer a uterine contractant such as ergometrine. |
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Not only was the science bad, but the reassurance from a highly-regarded civil protection authority proved fatal for many. |
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As more come down with the flu, I suspect the reassurance will become more challenging. |
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At a time when the rest of their lives were in no small upheaval, this result was a reassurance. |
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As a result, they feel they need relief and reassurance more than ever. |
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Gearing up for the season ending play-offs, the trip gave enough reassurance of the strength in depth at the Club with both newcomers acquitting themselves with distinction. |
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But the re-run, in a world of change and after a day of busy-ness and perhaps upset, is an anchor, a reassurance. |
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Doctors' emphasis on the mildness or earliness of the condition raised the spectre of future pain and disability rather than providing reassurance. |
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But there is always the nudge nudge wink wink reassurance that when the chips were down these guys simply did not have the necessary backbone to realise their potential. |
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With a nod of reassurance, I would trot off in my little blue Adidas shorts that doubled as swimming trunks, clutching fifty pence for a drink or an ice cream. |
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My neighbour has a two-year old who spent 6 months in hospital as a baby, and still shrinks from the noise of other babies' distress, needing comfort and reassurance from mum. |
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Anyone doubting the status of bardolatry as a world religion need only visit the gift shops at Anne Hathaway's Cottage or the Folger Shakespeare Library for reassurance. |
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My children gain comfort and reassurance from me in exactly that tableau. |
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Underneath you both want reassurance, but fear you'll be rejected. |
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Under such circumstances, the rural population needs the reassurance of a fully staffed and professional police force, not a half-baked proposal to use the retired. |
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He states that people suffering from low self-esteem can unconsciously drive their partner away, in hopes that they will receive a dose of reassurance. |
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For reassurance that it will raise the finances, a company will usually, but not always, have its rights issue underwritten by an investment bank. |
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They were alone and unarmed in hostile territory without even having the reassurance of radio communications. |
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The nurse came daily to check his vitals, answer questions, and provide guidance and reassurance to Jeff and me. |
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This subject not only bespoke a need for reassurance after years of fratricidal bloodshed but also marked a cultural transition from exploration to settlement. |
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Lisa is aware of his constant presence, bringing reassurance and comfort. |
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Walk-in centers target the worried well seeking reassurance. |
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I steeled myself, expecting that she would need comfort and reassurance. |
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It didn't help that here, even more than back home, the promise of justice was little more than reassurance for the weakminded. |
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They require reassurance that this nausea will pass or can usually be resolved with antinauseant medications. |
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Police have been conducting patrols and liaising with stores to provide reassurance for customers and staff. |
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Officers are in the area carrying out inquiries and visiting newsagents to offer reassurance and crime prevention advice. |
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It combined forcefulness with rhetorical reassurance and bilateral summitry. |
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Remember my curlier reassurance that the math and thermodynamics will be kept to a minimum? |
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This stress can be even higher for those seeking a used model, as the reassurance provided by Lemon Laws is removed. |
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Rising to retrieve it, I offer her what meager reassurance I can muster. |
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Ealing and other afflicted districts need plenty of reassurance. |
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The logic was insane, except as a polyrhythm of fear and reassurance, a seduction. |
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Tony began as the classic two-bit gunsel who gave us law-abiding schnooks a vicarious thrill with his rise, then a righteous reassurance with his fall. |
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One of the aims of TACET is to coordinate military training and exercises in the Baltic States and Poland, to provide reassurance and develop capability and resilience. |
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Advanced fluidics and robust hardware mean easy maintenance for users, backed by the reassurance of Biochrom's dedicated service and support team. |
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Children cannot always be kept under the watchful eye of a parent, and knowing your local lollipop man or woman will be there is a reassurance to many mums and dads. |
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A pasteurisation process that kills avian flu in eggs could provide reassurance to consumers that eggs are safe to eat, according to the companies that developed it. |
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He does, however, take comfort in reflecting on the men who served next to him and in the reassurance offered by his wife, Chulan, on those sleepless nights. |
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Harriers from Illustrious began flying reassurance patrols over Freetown and the ARG supplemented British firepower, particularly at Lungi, with the provision of artillery. |
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It's that sense of reassurance that makes their bloopy treatment of The Christmas Song work so well, but the duo are sensible enough to know when a song demands respect. |
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