These days, he still uses his talent for bringing people together, though for ends other than soothing passions at the bargaining table.
Ms. Sills, who at 71 waves off questions about retiring from the job of raising the billion or more private dollars needed for the redevelopment project, also sought yesterday to soothe the passions that have troubled the effort.
In his inaugural address, Hayes attempted to soothe the passions of the past few months, saying that "he serves his party best who serves his country best".
Ms. Reno has told aides at the Justice Department for several days that she was convinced that her direct intervention could soothe the fiery passions within the Cuban-American population of Miami, the city where Ms. Reno grew up and where she served for 15 years as the elected local prosecutor.
Desserts, limited to ice creams and sorbets, worked wonders (especially the green tea and ginger ice creams and passion fruit and mango sorbets) to soothe the palate.
Understanding that your home team is a cog in the machinery of pro sports does little to soothe the pain of discovering that you have devoted years of passion, often verging on worship, to nothing but laundry and a pair of cleats.
He burst into tears and started shouting, "I want to stay!" Johnathan's mother, Yochabell Veras, said that among her son's three passions — cars, trains and robots — he finds trains the most soothing.
