Author Elliot Huntley suggests that, having been incapable of assuaging his mother's pain as she lay dying in 1970, Harrison gained extra motivation from "a situation his fame and commercial cache could do something to alleviate".
Of course, the White House could still do something symbolic, cutting off aid to assuage America's moral critics.
The birthday party favor used to be a small something handed to the guest to assuage any sadness at his not receiving a truckload of gifts as does the birthday boy.
If you're watching this film and waiting for something funny or insightful to come along to assuage your annoyance, you'll wait a long time.
Everyone agrees that something must be done, or at least, to assuage tens of thousands of outraged employees and investors, be seen to be done.
Somehow, though, such benefits are not enough to assuage the sense that something important is being washed away when an area undergoes such rapid transformation.
Cavanah said that vibrator beginners tend to get caught up in the mechanics of toys and whether they'll get something wrong, so she recommended starting simple to assuage those fears.
It's a clever way to assuage the guilt of consumerism -- something hand-stitched feels earthy and wholesome, rather than slick and designy.
