1.   As Sharon moves to placate the moderates, chiefly his Labor coalition partner, he risks aggravating hard-liners in his government.

2.   If they go too far in trying to placate moderates, they could lose support from conservative lawmakers, who oppose any new right to sue.

3.   Republican leaders were trying to placate the moderates in part by promising to adopt a nonbinding provision pronouncing debt reduction a priority of the party.

4.   His nomination of the two Muslims appeared to be a gesture calculated to placate moderates.

5.   His nomination of the two Muslims appeared to be a gesture to placate moderates.