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• “It is impossible for me," he writes to Nagni, the French nuncio, 2 April, 1629, "to put in jeopardy the common fatherhood and, in consequence, to be no longer able to heal and pacify, which is the proper business of the pope as vicar of Christ”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner

• “In 112 BCE, the Han's southern campaign to "pacify" the Southern Yue subjugated the Southern and Western Barbarians, resulting in the establishment of Yuexi and Shenli commanderies. 21 In 109 BCE, the Han conquered the Laojin and Mimo peoples. 22 Under enormous military pressure, the king of Dian surrendered.”

  Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)

• “Promoted to Headline (H2) on 9/27/09: Obama's LBJ Moment yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Obama\'s LBJ Moment'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: As in Vietnam, the goal would seem to be to install a regime run by the United States and to "pacify" the country into accepting it.”

  Obama's LBJ Moment

• “The Turkish-Armenian dialogue is known to have been advocated by successive U.S. administrations as a way to "pacify" the Armenian lobby and to weaken the incessant congressional efforts for U.S. recognition of the "Armenian genocide," a development that would most certainly damage U.S.”

  Bruce Fein: Recommendations for the Armenian Diaspora

• “As in Vietnam, the goal would seem to be to install a regime run by the United States and to "pacify" the country into accepting it.”

  Harvey Wasserman: Obama's LBJ Moment

• “The US and its NATO allies can barely come up with the troops to "pacify" Afganistan which has only 25M people without contemplating going into Pakistan with its population of 130M.”

  John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...

• “He also publicly denounced Israel for seeking, in his words, to "pacify" the Palestinians rather than reach a peace agreement with them and he praised the work of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, authors of The Israel Lobby.”

  Jacob Heilbrunn: Neocons Win Big Victory Over Obama: Charles Freeman Resigns

• “So this might've been sent out to them as a way to kind of pacify the troops.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Justice vs. CIA

• “It seems that the thirst for oil is so great as to even place the Iraqis on reservations as was done to "pacify" our own Native Americans.”

  Tom Hayden: Pressuring the Democrats on Peace: A Commentary on the Fifth Anniversary of the War

• “Kabila's government has vowed to "pacify" the territory, but the”

  ANC Daily News Briefing

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