1.   Chacon maintains that lawmen and prosecutors, desperate to appease the public amid growing hysteria, pinned the murders on Sharif.

2.   As the Russian economy tumbles into chaos, Primakov will move to appease the public by playing the anti-America card even more aggressively.

3.   A change may also appease the public who face a grim next six months of economic hardship, including shortages of electricity, heat and jobs.

4.   He appeased the public by stating there would be no lockout despite there being no agreement between the two sides.

5.   The women, though, are not making their changes to appease a public made angry by one too many work stoppages.

6.   They had to have a scapegoat to appease the public and they chose Captain McVay.

7.   They say Tagliabue made the number so high because he wanted to appease the public, mainly the news media.

8.   Columnist Nahum Barnea said the special Cabinet debate on Lebanon was convened not so much in hopes of finding answers, but to appease the public.

9.   Columnist Nahum Barnea said the special Cabinet debate on Lebanon was convened less to find answers than to appease the public.