Mr. Shannon said Ms. Rousseff's recent comments in The Washington Post were reassuring on the question of human rights, an area where the da Silva government drew criticism from Washington and which Ms. Rousseff feels deeply about, having been brutally tortured during Brazil's dictatorship.
However, in his remarks at the C.I.A., he wandered off topic several times, at various points telling the crowd he felt no older than 39 (he is 70); reassuring anyone who questioned his intelligence by saying, "I'm, like, a smart person"; and musing out loud about how many intelligence workers backed his candidacy.
President-Elect Barack Obama's attempt to show economic interest the other day was reassuring, but the question is whose advice will be the best as he takes the reins of government into his own hands.
But as the euro crisis deepens, he will have to come up with reassuring answers to these questions.
They are reassuring teachers that the questions are predictable, in order to try to persuade them that students will get the best marks if they come up with their own ideas rather than producing copy-cat generic answers to what are essentially generic questions.
(And in the end, does it matter?) "The Battle of Algiers" offers no reassuring answers to these questions, but to watch the film, with its startlingly evenhanded treatment of both sides, is to experience the sort of mature intelligence and tough-minded compassion that makes you long to believe hope is still possible.
Overall these data provide reassuring answers to the questions that the original assessments posed.
Women talked about the extent to which their surgeon made them feel comfortable, was caring and reassuring, answered all their questions, understood what they wanted, involved them in the decision-making and provided adequate follow-up.
As indicated by the Australian research group [ 13], the QPL will be given to patients by their oncologist, who will explain to them its content and purpose, reassuring them that asking questions is their right and reiterating his/her willingness to answer any concern, no matter how trivial it may seem to the patient.
According to Francis Outred, Christie's European head of contemporary art, "As with Warhol, this could bring reassuring clarity to the question of volume within each series".
Parents perceived the most effective communication with nurses to be through discourse management (nurses asking questions and encouraging parents to ask questions), caring and reassuring communication, and communication as equal partners in the care of the infant.
