Yet there is something reassuring about the success of the Twins and the Cubs this year, and the way a relatively affluent franchise like Seattle saved money prudently from three departed stars, and came up with a better squad of players, including Ichiro.
I seethed with resentment over my father pulling the rug out from underneath me after filling my head throughout my childhood with reassuring secrets of success.
"Both sides cling defensively to the open model because it tells them a reassuring story of Australian success.
Previous attempts by insurers to provide information about the nature and functioning of the life insurance contract have had limited success in reassuring the population.
It is likely, however, that our figure of four in five women eventually conceiving is representative of those women included in the original trial as the live birth curve flattens after about six years; women might find this high success rate reassuring in the initial stages after a miscarriage.
And while the producers had initially feared that the show's fortune was tied to its stars, they were reassured as its success continued even as understudies began to appear more frequently.
The public was spoonfed reassuring video-game images and success stories.
That less-than-reassuring 33percentt success rate, however, doesn't tell the whole story.
There is something immensely reassuring about MacLeod's late-career success.
There's a theory of why non-disabled actors playing disabled characters leads to success: audiences find it reassuring.
