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The company also moved to appease the investor, Denis O'Brien, a telecommunications entrepreneur who is the second-largest shareholder after Mr. O'Reilly, by naming three of Mr. O'Brien's associates to its board.

Unless the plan for the futuristic new Czech National Library, designed by the renowned architect Jan Kaplicky, is changed, the building will be moved to appease its critics, the Prague mayor and the library director said yesterday, Agence France-Presse reported.

The government, which has imposed a media blackout, moved to appease the rancour with cash, saying it would distribute money to half a million families to offset higher fuel and food prices in a country where nearly half the population lives in poverty.

After a "national dialogue" meeting on 8 December, Mr Morsi moved to appease his opponents by rescinding most of the 22 November decree and giving immunity from judicial scrutiny only to his "constitutional declarations".

Tipping is one way Amazon and other tech firms such as Uber and Lyft have moved to appease their contractor workforce.

The first Bulgarians and Romanians benefiting from unrestricted access to the UK labour market have begun to arrive as politicians move to appease fears that Britain could be flooded with migrants.

"The war will start but will not stop till the end of Maliki and his government". In Kirkuk province, Sheik Anwar Obeidi, the leader of the largest tribe in the oil-rich region, urged the government to move to appease them, or risk the reality of Sunnis being whipped up in a frenzy by the hard-line militants among them.

Its proposed reforms therefore amount to token PR moves to appease the disenfranchised masses.

Tehran's regime has given more space to opposition newspapers in recent weeks in a move to appease them in the runup to parliamentary elections.

In an apparent move to appease the crowd on Friday, Widodo joined prayers at the national monument, commending the peaceful gathering and encouraging people to go home safely.

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