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As he so often does, he nickered softly now and then to a favorite mare stabled close by, then listened for her reassuring response.

I'd better be careful. If he's still alive, the scribe might be anywhere. A weapon in good condition would be reassuring .

Yet the translation of those goals into reality is still very far from completion, and progress towards them is not reassuring.

That would have been a normal pattern, and a reassuring, if paradoxical, sign of an improving economy.

But while these figures may be reassuring in one sense, scientifically they are far from comforting. The disparity between them is enormous.

This has been better than expected and the outlook is still broadly reassuring despite the big fiscal retrenchment over the next four years.

A smile from someone in a shop, say, is a reassuring gesture and a prelude if not to grooming, then at least to conducting business.

Test coverage tools are generally easy to add into an established unit testing process, and the results can be reassuring.

ANNOUNCER: It's rather reassuring for radio presenters that the human voice is such a crucial part of the human auditory environment.

After reassuring police that his inventions were to help, Li was able to hire seven workers from the area.

Her hand moved in its slow circles lower and lower as she continued to talk in her reassuring way and I continued my chattering.

"To be honest, I think it's reassuring that there was such a great response from the authorities, " Ciobo said.

It is reassuring that Fascia is stable enough to pass this test even if it is not a requirement of a managed application.

Jeffrey A. Frankel, an economist at the Harvard Kennedy School, said the appearance had a reassuring effect.

If not, it's not. No question of surrender. If the refusal is justified, the child will understand quickly and give him a reassuring sense.

As long as you can really enjoy, treat, and tolerance to them, I would be very reassuring to them to deliver to you!

Throughout, as part of the royal family and as the Queen, she has been a reassuring and unifying presence for her people.

At the moment though, Mr Obama seems to be doing most of the reassuring.

That, to his own constituency, signalled a supposedly reassuring lack of interest in resuming the long-suspended talks.

That kind, reassuring grip on her elbows, the old man's funny bright eyes, made Polly want to drop her head on his shoulder for a second.

"That sounds perfectly reasonable, " he said in a reassuring tone of voice, wondering who he was trying to reassure.

She startles Meg's mother by reassuring her of the existence of a tesseract--a sort of "wrinkle" in space and time.

At the time, Mr. Bernanke was trying to be reassuring. But what he said then nonetheless foreshadowed the bust to come.

It was meant to be reassuring, but it mostly served to emphasise how much the Fed has become entangled in fiscal and financial policy.

Outwardly I was calm and reassuring, but I was beginning to feel fear gripping my throat.

If the non reassuring pattern does not resolve within a few minutes, perform ancillary tests to determine the fetal condition.

That sounded reassuring but raised a bunch of questions: Why would hackers post people's passwords on an Internet forum for all to see?

Since the vote, the president-elect has focused on reassuring the country that she will provide continuity.

We do not know if this partly reassuring picture will be maintained.

So far, so reassuring, at least for anyone betting that China will catch the capitalist bug.

U films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring content balances to any violence, threat or horror.

I saw the first girl talking courteously to the old woman and then smile as she gave her a reassuring hug.

To me it was the reassuring sound of nature , trying not to be forgotten .

"We were holding people, hugging them, reassuring them, holding their hands, warming them with our body heat, " he said.

"It ought to be reassuring to breast-feeding moms, " she says. "Stopping breastfeeding is not going to be the answer. "

you will enjoy professional , reassuring and made - to - measure service with a relaxed mood.

But there soon followed empirical research reassuring us that we did not live in such a land.

He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

Some objects are part of our daily lives. Things that we use almost without a glance, in a reassuring, neutral home setting.

Parents need to be reassuring and supportive, encouraging children to think positively about themselves and building up their self-esteem.

As reassuring as that GPS voice can be, you may want to turn it off next time you're trying to find your way.

Prenatal care can bring piece of mind. It's reassuring to find out that you and your baby are doing just fine.

'I actually would have to stop and give her reassuring hugs and have her give 'permission' to let her clothes go, ' he says.

So instead of being reassuring and comforting, he offers advice, asks probing questions or tells her not to be so upset.

For a start, she may benefit from having a strong, reassuring brand in a downturn.

Someone with first hand experience can be reassuring as well as warn you about possible disappointment: You may be disappointed.

The reporter had to agree that the weight felt reassuring. It wasn't immediately apparent if the confidence came with it.

The crowd did not, strangely enough, find that entirely reassuring.

Instead, he quickly began reassuring the British public that "we are suffering just now from a bad attack of economic pessimism. "

A. The fetal heart rate pattern recorded by an electronic fetal monitor is categorized as reassuring or non reassuring.

Reassuring, yes, but that still doesn't help me remember the name of that restaurant.

Running counter to this reassuring interpretation is a recent analysis of A-level results by researchers at Durham University.

They found a direct and somewhat reassuring parallel: the huge quake that struck Kobe in 1995.

The college maintained sufficient self-confidence to offer its students a reassuring sense of continuity and identity.

Many food brands started off as a means of reassuring customers that products were trustworthy.

China's recent history is less reassuring, so it will take a while before foreigners feel secure keeping their savings in yuan.

It's as much about reassuring that scared child inside of me.

But the sight of overextended banks in the middle of a crisis is never reassuring, no matter how familiar it may be.

Nor were details of the confidence survey reassuring for those hoping that a turnaround in housing will lead the economy out of its morass.

One reassuring aspect of the Peruvian election is the way in which both candidates have talked of Brazil, rather than Venezuela, as a model.

She approached the bed and stood behind her nephew. She placed her hand on his shoulder in a reassuring way.

Now Obama will have some of his own reassuring to do as we grapple with the current economic crisis.

The euro may not stop falling until European policy-makers come up with a more reassuring stance on debt problems.

And they need to do all this while also reassuring users that their privacy will not be violated in the pursuit of profit.

That will be reassuring for companies worried about multiple sets of standards and a growing carbon-counting bureaucracy.

Perhaps the tabloids understand that, deep down, it's still somewhat reassuring to read that celebrities' lives are in a shambles.

He was a reassuring presence when the markets seemed to be in free fall.

His was a strong statement reassuring us that Apple is committed to continuing to producing great products in the future.

The administration of Premier Wen Jiabao has made reassuring consumers and businesses a central part of its response to the crisis.

This may be reassuring if you find every time you meet the object of your affections you talk complete gibberish.

Among the many clouds looming over the world's economy, it is reassuring to have a ray of sunshine to look ahead to.

It was followed by another statement on June 20th (in Chinese only) reassuring everyone that basic stability would be safeguarded.

But the West now possesses a reassuring blueprint in Turkey for replication in the Arab lands, offering the best of all political worlds.

But old Brazil hand Peter Robb was no more reassuring.

While it's reassuring that some types restaurants are safe, we still have no data on other types of restaurants.

Does your idea of a good night's sleep include the familiar feel of a warm body and the reassuring sound of another's breathing?

The backing of the state-owned Temasek, which owns 16 percent of Olam's shares, is also likely to be reassuring to other shareholders.

By contrast, Shanghai edged higher for a second day following some reassuring data on inflation.

Be honest, but just water down the facts to his level in a reassuring way.

I had read other transplant blogs which I found both reassuring and enlightening, and I wanted to do that for someone else.

But the only thing not reassuring is the lack of professional tour guide who can talk in finger language.

while reassuring Britain that it will not be outvoted in the European Banking Authority, which sets common rules.

One is actually so frail that some comforting words can move us into tears, but going through the sadness, one may be reassuring by and by.

I miss the touch of your hand, so reassuring and sincere, and the moments we spend together, that I hold dear.

Even more reassuring are said to be the positive signs of growth in the American economy.

With a reassuring pat on her arm, he left.

Researchers cautioned that the findings are complicated and include some results that are reassuring and others that are troubling.

The authorities' failure so far to publish any findings on that murky matter is not reassuring.

"This is reassuring for the future, as over time, all of the children in North America will be in this situation, " he concluded.

It's reassuring to have prejudices confirmed; politicians are corrupt, blondes have more fun, and AOL is hopeless.

As in other matters, Mr Obama's reassuring quality in his attitude to business and enterprise is his engaging personality.

Despite the reassuring data, it's important to remember that all of the humans studied so far began using cellphones as adults.

Now, the fact that "ephemera" don't matter seems reassuring, suggesting that voters aren't swayed by cheap tricks.

With the recognition that your consciousness levels are also increasing, you hardly need reassuring that everything is proceeding well.

He would have liked Abrahim to say something kind and reassuring to him.

For some time, Europeans, caught in the debt crisis, had found bland expressions of support for the euro by Chinese leaders reassuring.

That was a reassuring result, but the company is also seeking fresh ideas.

Shareholders are being told to be patient. Predictable, for once, but hardly reassuring.

The reassuring sight of the voluminous red-and-white canopies opening above tells the astronauts that their amazing trip is almost complete.

A reactive non stress test is reassuring. Patients with non reassuring fetal heart rate testing should be delivered or further evaluated.

The man responsible for reassuring Darling was Sir Callum McCarthy, who had less than a month to serve as chairman of the regulator.

Finally reassuring, to see the book, waiting to eat delicious chicken pie.

But behind the seemingly reassuring "median" number, there lies seething insecurity and intellectual dispute.

Her technocratic leadership style, once reassuring, looks out of touch now.

It was heartbreaking, but also reassuring in a way because it told me he had not forgotten her.

A reassuring presence at Milan and not only there, as he represents every player, a star with no shirt and colours. And also with no age.

Remember the news that sparked this rally: Reassuring remarks from top bankers and administration officials.

Dr. Susan Love says that while annual doctor visits may feel reassuring, there is no evidence that they yield better health outcomes.

During the day the sun shines steadily, and at night the heavens are reassuring and unchanging.

I don't think anyone knew the difference at the time, but it was reassuring to get my crutch back.

Apple has a pretty clear product pipeline for the next couple of years, which is reassuring.

The program hostess, convincing and reassuring wearing a traditional red qipao, described the medical problem with plain graphics.

Mr Schwartz and Sam Molinaro, chief financial officer, made reassuring public comments but no one believed them.

Announcing Mr Iger's new deal and departure date sent investors a reassuring message: there will be continuity at the top.

They worry that it creates a falsely reassuring illusion of equality, openness, universality.

And I felt like I happened upon this secret society of women that I now was a part of, which was reassuring and and also really concerning.

Powell was his usual reassuring presence, urging senators not to mouth off .

The idea of the already tottering Pakistani state defaulting is not reassuring.

It was reassuring to discover that China's sensational opening ceremony relied on some computer wizardry.

The equipment was noisy, and I was terrified the car would start to fall again, but the firefighters were wonderfully reassuring.

He sent a reassuring message to China, the largest buyer of US government debt, about his plans to cut the fiscal deficit.

History is not reassuring about the ability of Chinese financial institutions to weather or quickly disclose problems.

The lid has been re-profiled to allow it to be removed in one simple manoeuvre and it can be closed with a reassuring "snap" .

Discipline, she held, was reassuring to the young, it gave them a feeling of security; regimentation gave rise to irritation.

The evidence of her first six weeks in office is reassuring.

We recall that during the Asian financial crisis in 1997-1998, China was quite a reassuring force for Asia by not devaluing the RMB.

If it is not highly reassuring to you, it is your problem, not the test's problem.

I think it was very reassuring to see this strong hand on the steering wheel at Apple.

her subsequent experiences were not of a reassuring nature , however.

Sometimes a greater challenge is reassuring managers who have been burnt in their hiring efforts before.

Really what is important to you now is to have solid reassuring anchoring kind of mates around.

Jerry: Thanks! That would be reassuring to us.

A good dream relieves our anxiety with a reassuring strong image that tells us the situation is okay.

Still, with many bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, Taubenberger's hypothesis is not entirely reassuring.

For Southeast Asians it's reassuring to remember that in recent history no one power has dominated the region.

We still must carefully monitor short- and long-term outcomes after these procedures to ensure their safety, but this news is reassuring.

Despite these reassuring sentiments, contradictions emerge on topics like human rights and press freedom.

Mr Obama has had to join a chorus of US officials reassuring South Korea of the nuclear umbrella.

What's certain, and reassuring, is that there's going to be another free flag hand-out - the third of the season.

Even though the bids are too low to beat the reserve, they serve an important purpose of reassuring bidders that others are also interested.

Their conclusions will be reassuring to those fretting over a nationwide collapse in property investment.

These figures seem reassuring - the police capacity is much larger than we are currently deploying.

of the typical wizard are not friendly, reassuring, or particularly helpful. The wizard often doesn't explain what is going on.

Touch your friend. When it is respectful and reassuring, not needy and demanding, touch between friends is sacred, connecting body and soul.

"Reassuring" is not a word that generally applies to the hyperactive French president.

Given uncertainties about China's political and security evolution, this more moderate picture of China's economic size is reassuring.

My host, sensing this, tried to be reassuring.

How reassuring this Wuguan company to pay management fees, the huge management fees they originally became unmonitored source.

Some therapists and researchers suggest telling men to focus on this figure rather than the usual 5 to 6 inches 'average' can be reassuring.

Far from being reassuring, these vague comments from the Chinese military make James Bond's (hypothetical) task even more urgent.

Some think including live coverage of a mother ship decloaking is a good idea, others think it could be more threatening than reassuring.

Its recent record on inflation has not been reassuring.

This is reassuring: Google is going to keep increasing the free storage despite having a paid plan they could push users over to.

Despite concerns by Lai and others, most evidence so far is reassuring, Savitz said.

This isn't by accident: their intention is to come across as calming, reassuring and clean.

Although early results are reassuring, monitoring for adverse events should continue.

And Mr Madoff presented himself as offering something comparatively modest and reassuring.

Often, when children stop working in school, parents deal with this by reassuring their children how smart they are.

Yet even this relatively benign interpretation of China's actions is not entirely reassuring.

This was both disappointing and reassuring to me.

Plus the police, of course, but gun-lovers don't find that terribly reassuring.

Perception of 10 distinct movements in a period of up to 2 hours is considered reassuring.

"Nevertheless, the low incidence of adverse cardiac events is reassuring, " they comment.

The latest status of the four reactors at the plant hardly makes reassuring reading.

But there are other models. And the question is not which model is most comforting and reassuring, but which best fits the facts.

And they believe passionately in their treatments, which are often delivered with great and reassuring ceremony.

And his choices are reassuring, especially for those who feared a shift to the left.

Yet the stories they tell repeatedly suggest very different and less reassuring conclusions.

Neither of these is wholly reassuring.

This week, nonetheless, she gave a speech aimed at reassuring families in middle Australia.

The monetary and fiscal discipline required for euro entry has proved reassuring for investors.

It is reassuring stuff to have around when financial markets are in the doldrums.

Large seat bolsters provide reassuring support during cornering.

The regularity of celestial clockwork and the solid probity of rock give these co-ordinates a reassuring constancy.

By reassuring investors that a committed buyer is in the market, it hopes to reduce the illiquidity premium pushing yields up.

Measures that Beijing has taken to tackle China's economic slowdown are only partially reassuring.

To purchase some reassuring tiles understanding is the prerequisite.

He raised his arms "in a generally reassuring way" and cried, "We're coming out. "

They put reliability into the uncertainty of life and establish a reassuring link between the past, present, and future.

introducing a new show by recycling the most notorious murder case of the past 30 years is hardly a reassuring sign.

he looks ill himself , for all his reassuring smile.

These companies are certainly sitting on a reassuring amount of oil.

And in these times, I have to say it's very reassuring for me to know that some things never change.

It's a really reassuring fable about how good it is to be mortal.

For me, translating love into biology is actually kind of reassuring.

The evidence on the safety of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and other pneumococcal conjugate vaccines is reassuring.

It's reassuring that two very different ways to measure the mass of a big black hole give such similar answers.

A grim-faced political leader comforting the stricken and reassuring a worried nation.

But the checkpoints that proliferate on the main roads are less reassuring.

A good recipe book has plenty of pictures and lots of reassuring messages.

The idea that an institution was "too big to fail" used to sound reassuring.

The old man put a reassuring hand on my shoulder.

"We are reassuring our international customers that we expect minimal disruptions, " Johanns said in a September 7 press release.

That offered a reassuring contrast to earlier episodes of national egotism.

He has taken me through the trial with reassuring thoroughness and admirable patience.

If the NST is nonreactive, it is considered non reassuring and further evaluation or delivery of the fetus is indicated.

"I have waked you for the purpose of reassuring you, " said he; "look, there is your shadow with the round hat. "

It's reassuring to recast worrisome aspects as signs of an organism learning how to negotiate its surroundings.

"Don't know" is not a reassuring word from medical experts.

Reassuring me, she held my cock and rubbed it against her, but when she tried to place it inside her, I panicked.

Tuscany was very settled and reassuring in its low, foursquare whiteness on top of the hill.

"Guests supremacy, the first service" is our purpose, we will provide you with quality services, you live more comfortable and reassuring.

That's disappointing for democracy activists like him, but reassuring to those who fear upheaval.

A basic cue reassuring users about the benefits helps build trust which encourages them to use your services.

And on balance, Finkelhor told Reuters Health, this latest study is "relatively reassuring. "

' And he finds ways of reassuring himself that the answer keeps going back, 'You are Moammar.

But there are a couple of reasons why these developments are not entirely reassuring.

The greater benefit lies in reassuring foreign investors.

Her petite frame ensures discrete yet reassuring company.

I tried to summon up reassuring images of home, now so many hundreds of miles away.

These early talkies are more reassuring as movies.

On January 11th it released a business-standards report aimed at reassuring clients that they came first.

It is never reassuring when a chief executive admits to being scared.

Darrow had whispered, throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder.

Indeed, after nearly 18 months as Fed chief, Mr Bernanke now cuts a more reassuring figure: determined but unflashy.

President Barack Obama's declaration that "we will trust, but we will verify" sounds reassuring.

Quite a lot is known , and very little is reassuring .

The look on his face, however, was hardly reassuring.

Hansel smiled a reassuring smile at her.

Thank you for reassuring me about my problem.

U. S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is reassuring the Chinese government that its huge holdings of dollar assets are safe.

Bending toward the phone, he heard the reassuring ring on the other end.

Still, the messages the markets are sending out are not reassuring.

A latest study may be reassuring for coffee-lovers.

First reassuring statements are made based on research results with glyphosate sensitive crops.

But the condition of the eight others is less reassuring.

Yet these reassuring numbers are deceptive.

CEO speak is not reassuring to me.

Evidence is not reassuring in this regard.

Personally, I find the graphs reassuring.

Ready supplies of liquidity are reassuring in the short-term.

And the author and the editor together have a voice, and that voice is reassuring and empathetic.

But the congress has addressed that question, reassuring the Chinese people and our international friends.

As this singular observation indicates, the study, overall, is a mixed bag of the reassuring and the dismaying .

Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring.

Sun in Leo-Mercury in Cancer: These are the more domesticated cats. They take everything very personally and need lots of reassuring.

Though that is still 40% above the current price of U. S. crude, it is not exactly reassuring news.

The reassuring comments initially calmed investors, but not for long.

Peer deeper, however, and the message is far less reassuring.

This is especially important for reassuring and supporting the couple at a difficult time.

"The message from Beijing was strong, precise and reassuring to our side, " the second official said.

I was asking them questions about their injuries and it was quite reassuring.

Preliminary data on co-administration of the SA-14-14-2 JE vaccine with measles vaccine have been reassuring.

The tale of Mr Ghosn is not wholly reassuring.

Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable.

On January11th it released a business-standards report aimed at reassuring clients thatthey came first.

It is very reassuring that cases so far are not worse.

Keep that in mind, and keep reassuring the depressed person that, with time and help, he or she will feel better.

A look at valuations is more reassuring.

Still, as a sign that things are improving, this is more reassuring than an unseemly boom in investment banking.