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I think she would have succeeded even in mollifying Godfrey, if she had not so pertinaciously defended David Stuart from all his criticisms, and shown so open a regard for him.

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851

Those who hate the US will continue to hate the US; the kind of people who hate the US, we should have * no* interest in mollifying.

Iraqi democracy « BuzzMachine 2005

He was just kind of mollifying him and they're interpreting that in a kind of interesting way.

CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2005 2005

So by extending this amnesty saying we really tried everything now we're going to do it hard, maybe this is a way of kind of mollifying Saudi public opinion, as well.

CNN Transcript Jun 23, 2004 2004

I always thought that vetoing our bill, and casting himself as the defender of traditional American values, was his way of mollifying the conservatives and creating a little maneuvering room to make the China trip.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

I always thought that vetoing our bill, and casting himself as the defender of traditional American values, was his way of mollifying the conservatives and creating a little maneuvering room to make the China trip.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

I always thought that vetoing our bill, and casting himself as the defender of traditional American values, was his way of mollifying the conservatives and creating a little maneuvering room to make the China trip.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

Was the company mollifying his considerable ego after it had squeezed out contract concessions?

What Really Rescued the Caped Crusader 2009

Was the company mollifying his considerable ego after it had squeezed out contract concessions?

Archive 2009-01-01 2009

I work in the media and I have no interest mollifying the likes of me over the course of a long and bloody campaign.

Wow. Sen. Ralph Nader. « Dating Jesus 2009