Sentence examples for calm the discontent from inspiring English sources
The defections to the Mexican league and the threat of a strike by the Pirates prompted owners to form an advisory committee, chaired by Larry MacPhail, to suggest needed changes that would calm the discontent among the players.
He said Egypt was eager to calm the conflict, hoping to douse one source of popular discontent in Egypt out of concern that the Bush administration would fan another one with a possible war on Iraq.
SOFIA, Bulgaria — The Bulgarian government tried to defuse mounting public anger by giving up power, but the Parliament's vote to accept the resignation of the prime minister and his cabinet on Thursday did little to calm discontent over rising prices and falling standards of living or to mend political divisions that have plagued Bulgaria since the fall of Communism more than 20 years ago.
Despite his reputation as a strict disciplinarian and his aloof stance which led to the mutiny of 588, in later campaigns he showed ability in dealing with the soldiers and calming their discontent.
The physical changes in the city have succeeded in calming, or at least defusing, the discontent of middle-class residents by making Moscow far more friendly for cyclists, pedestrians and young stroller-pushing parents — precisely the upwardly mobile people who took to the streets in protest in 2011.
That might explain why, despite all the discontent, San Cristobal remains pretty calm during the day - and there have not been reports of large violent clashes lately.
The shenanigans provoked a remarkable uprising in the small southern town of Wukan in December, and protests happen elsewhere almost daily.To calm rural discontent, larger cities now offer more generous compensation, Joyce Yanyun Man of Peking University says.
"The discontent on our side is growing".
Sometimes, you have to follow the discontent.
Two parties are mopping up the discontent.
