Of McPherson's steadying influence, Brown said: "I can't explain how hard it was to lose her.
"He has a positive, steadying influence," St. John's Coach Mike Jarvis said.
Mr. Evans has always been a steadying influence on Mr. Bush.
Signed as a free agent after Tampa Bay released him, Lynch has been a steadying influence on the Denver defense.
And in seeking to be a more prominent, and steadying, influence, Turkey's ambitions may well be greater than its means.
There appears to be limited scoring potential off the bench, and now it seems Majerle, a 10-year veteran and steadying influence, will be out.
Because of his "steadying influence" and "rock-like presence," and because he helped her to overcome her stage fright, Hooks nicknamed him "the Glue".
"She was a steadying influence behind the plate and handled the pitchers very well and was always able to get the best out of them".
Leigh has always needed strong direction, and she doesn't get it here; without a steadying influence, her imagination is too wild to function, and she lives in real danger of becoming her generation's Shelley Winters.
David Laughton rose gracefully to the challenge: a supportive partner and steadying influence in the Brahms, he showed himself capable of emotional outbursts of his own in the hammered chord clusters of Dave Heath's "On Fire".
Alas, the Moon is moving away from us, and in about 2 billion years its steadying influence will be gone.
