Sentence examples for part to calm from inspiring English sources

Is this not inconsistent with Christian ideals?" DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER The general learns to paint Eisenhower started painting when he was 58, after World War II, in part to calm his nerves.

This year, when King Abdullah announced plans for 500,000 units of public housing, in part to calm demands for political reform, a senior official suggested that the houses needed to be scaled down to fit on the available land.

Some said it was carefully planned, others said it was an instinctual, tactical effort on Mr. Bush's part to calm the violence and persuade Arab nations to ease up on Mr. Cheney.

The meeting with the president on Friday was called in part to calm the waves between the PSD and CDS so as to not put the governing coalition at risk.

The moves are apparently intended, at least in part, to calm the still-simmering resentments at The Los Angeles Times over the decision of Ms. Downing to share revenues from a special issue of the newspaper's Sunday magazine with the Staples Center, the sports arena that was the focus of the magazine's coverage.

Sixteen years of hairpin turns under the old Bowl Championship Series have parted way to calm, order and fairness.

In the taped conversations, Mr. Stevens, for his part, repeatedly tries to calm Mr. Allen, telling him he is "one of my best friends" and urging him to take care of his health.

He may have taken an active part in trying to calm the rebellions in the north in 1068 and 1069.

They managed to hold things together, thanks in part to the calming influence of the returned Michael Carrick.

The visit was part of an effort to calm local anger and to address Afghan government concerns.

Google's concession on Street View is part of its efforts to calm privacy concerns in Germany, the largest market in Europe.