The Reform Act did very little to appease the working class, since voters were required to possess property worth £ 10, a substantial sum at the time.

Otto von Bismarck implemented a set of social programs between 1883 – 1889, following his anti-socialist laws, partly as remedial measures to appease the working class and detract support for the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Emil Richards would bring the chromatic Boomwhackers to recording sessions, in part to appease certain composers he was working with who would call to ask if he had anything new and interesting to use on their upcoming scores.

Cyrus then displayed authority in ECW due to his executive position with the network, working as a heel to crusade against ECW fan favorites ( in kayfabe ), but to also appease the network by preventing the lewd content ( as a shoot ).

They refer to a set of social programs implemented between 1884 to 1889 as remedial measures to appease the working class and detract support for socialism and the Social Democratic Party of Germany following earlier attempts to achieve the same objective through Bismarck's anti-socialist laws.

His family is working continually to appease the students staying in their home.

Sturges skewers the naiveté of wealthy entertainers who want to appease their class guilt by making " socially relevant drama ".

The Church aimed to appease the will of the elite and cared little if at all about the needs and wants of the lower, peasant class.

Once the cause is known, rites are carried out to appease the offended god or ancestor ( or otherwise right the social imbalance ).

Aiming to smooth the earlier laws and reduce physical punishments ( such as mutilations ) in order to appease social tensions in the newly pacified Tang territories, it was created in AD 624 at the request of Emperor Gaozu of Tang.

Konstantin did all he could to appease the Poles, but his well-meant reforms did not go far enough for the Polish nationalists who wanted nothing short of independence, by force if necessary.

Bennett's reforms were insufficient to appease an unruly electorate, however, and the Bennett government was defeated in the 1935 general election.

It was this fear which explained the development of a priestly caste whose function in society was to mollify and appease the angry deities.

In both ancient Japanese collections, the Nihongi and Kojiki, Ame-no-uzeme ’ s dance is described as asobi, which in old Japanese language means a ceremony that is designed to appease the spirits of the departed, and which was conducted at funeral ceremonies.

Though Amer allowed some liberalization of the economy in order to appease Syrian businessmen, his decision to rig the elections of the National Union ( the single party which replaced the Ba ' ath ), with the help of Colonel Abdul Hamid Sarraj ( a Syrian army official and Nasser sympathizer ), sent Ba ' ath leaders into a frenzy.

He made a " wish list " of 24 possible inventions which included " The Prolongation of Life ", the " Art of Flying ", " perpetual light ", " making armour light and extremely hard ", " A ship to saile with All Winds, and a Ship not to be sunk ", " practicable and certain way of finding Longitudes ", " potent druggs to alter or Exalt Imagination, Waking, Memory and other functions and appease pain, procure innocent sleep, harmless dreams etc ".

Talleyrand and Napoleon therefore saw a possibility of a compromise, in which France would retain its chain of docile client states, but with the " revolutionary " sting removed, to appease the Allies.

This much is in Homer, who does not discuss the aspect of this episode in which other writers explain that the only way to appease Artemis was to sacrifice Iphigenia to her.

These snakes are given local made molten cheese to appease them, after which they are released into the forest.

Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius, the thirteen-year-old grandson of Gordian I, was nominated as Caesar to appease the population of capital, which was still loyal to the Gordian family.

The Dutch response was divided ; the moderate States of Holland tried to appease the English ; but when the negotiations failed and the Navigation Acts were adopted the ferocious Orangist faction became more powerful, and the States General passed a resolution which would allow the Dutch war fleet, to be tripled in size, to protect Dutch interest over the areas in question.

To appease the objectors, however, he allowed the female educational curriculum to be written and overseen by members of the religious leadership, a policy which lasted long after his death.

However, in order to appease some of the citizens, they allowed some of the Shang beneficiaries to continue governing the small Kingdoms in which they had been governing but in compliance with the Zhou rules and regulations.

Even the logo of Mehboob Productions, which featured the Communist Hammer and sickle was dropped to appease the Americans.

This may result in a conflict of interest which places the integrity of financial reports in doubt due to client pressure to appease management.

This was done both to appease the U. S and to distance Germany from the Bund, which was increasingly a cause of embarrassment with its rhetoric and actions.

Church historian Matthias Schuler, commenting on Boniface's failure to have church property returned to the church, proposes that the time was not yet ripe for Carloman to re-appropriate those properties, which had often been handed ( by way of church offices ) to various noblemen by his father, Charles Martel, to appease them and strengthen their loyalty.

He may well also have been wishing to appease the papacy after the long dispute over his marriage which had led to excommunication-as well as seeking to counter any adventure by John of England-who had marriage and fealty ties also with the Toulouse comtal house.

The term is used with reference to the Roman Emperors ' way of reducing the appearance of dictatorship ( which was particularly important during the early Roman Empire to appease those who may have longed for a return to the old Roman Republic ; see Princeps ).

To appease the requirements of the ratings board, Verhoeven strove to reduce blood and gore in the most violent scenes in the movie, including the malfunctioning of ED-209 ( one of the executives shot to death by ED-209 ), Murphy's execution ( where his entire right arm is severed by a shotgun blast and a final overhead shot of Lewis sobbing over Murphy on the blood-soaked floor ), and the final battle with Clarence Boddicker ( in which RoboCop stabs Boddicker in the neck with his neural spike and Boddicker's blood splatters onto RoboCop's chest ).

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's critics allege that he had terminated Jihad, which is an important Islamic requirement, to appease the British.

Ontario Place was conceived to help to revitalize the waterfront, attract tourists to Toronto, and in part, appease the City, which was frustrated at the high level of government investment that flowed to rival Montreal for Expo 67.

Crete was, however, given almost complete autonomy to appease Britain and Russia which did not want to see its Christian inhabitants returned to the Turks.

Agonistic displays are those which are intended to confront or drive off, or alternatively, appease and avoid conflict with other individuals.

" His plans were disrupted by the death of King James, and by the crackdown on Catholics with which Charles I began his reign in order to appease his opponents.

In defeating Taft for the nomination, it became necessary for Eisenhower to appease the right wing Old Guard of the Republican Party ; his selection of Richard M. Nixon as the Vice-President on the ticket was designed in part for that purpose.

The world became pitch dark and the other deities tried to appease Amaterasu, so that world be bright again.

Edinburgh became the " first and principal " lodge and Kilwinning the " second and head " lodge of Scotland, attempting to appease all parties.

* Likewise, " Die Stem van Suid-Afrika " (" The Voice of South Africa ") became South Africa's only national anthem and was also translated into English to appease the relevant population.

To appease the Acholi, Tito Okello was made commander of the army, but real power lay in the hands of Oyite Ojok who increasingly became closer to Muwanga.

Over the centuries, Masakado became a hero and even a demigod to the locals who were impressed by his stand against the central government, while at the same time feeling the need to appease his malevolent spirit.

Coleman became the Governor of Mississippi in 1956 as a moderate candidate in a campaign where, to appease the emotions of the day, he promised to uphold segregation.

The Inuit believed that Sedna became angry when her taboos were broken, and the only way to appease her was for an Angakkuq to travel in spirit to the underworld where she lived, Adlivun, and smooth out her hair.