The arguments and appeasements between Woolf and her cook and housemaid sound quite draining and far more work than not having servants at all, and indeed Woolf found it a relief later in her life when she took on some of the domestic tasks herself.
The rise of China presents Japan with its greatest challenge since the Second World War, but has left Tokyo seeming both intimidated and confused, shifting nervously between appeasement with generous development assistance, and provocations.
For example, inferring even a slightly aggressive emotional state from another's behavior or facial expression might be crucial for the decision between appeasement in order to avoid confrontation or provocation.
He poses a false dichotomy: the choice was never between war and appeasement; it was between staying with a system that was working or striking out in a radically different direction.
Finding a way to distinguish between appeasement and agreement with Taliban views could make all the difference in Pakistan's fight against violent extremism.
Shapiro argues for a return to the cold war rubric of "containment" — a halfway house between "appeasement and the chimerical aspiration to achieve U.S. control over the global security environment".
It's hard to tack back and forth between leadership and appeasement without looking like a captain who's not sure where he's taking the ship.
"Political forces must take the lead in this public debate by overcoming the conflict between vapid appeasement and the return of xenophobia that seems to be dominating the public scene in the majority of European countries".
While an overwhelming majority of Georgians disapprove of the stand-off between the two countries, Mr Saakashvili insists that appeasement with Russia would not work.
The 1994 agreement between the Clinton administration and North Korea has been described as appeasement by some in the Bush administration.
Part of the process of appeasement before World War II, the agreement allowed Germany to violate restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, prompting international criticism and driving a wedge between the French and the British.
