1.   But his efforts have failed, and that seems to please all sides for the moment.

2.   Conservatives accuse Satcher of trying to please all sides in the debate over how to deal with such problems as sexually transmitted diseases.

3.   His conclusions would not please either side.

4.   His intervention in a bitter dispute between landowners and environmentalists has now produced a salvage-logging plan that pleases both sides.

5.   In Ulster, pleasing one side usually outrages the other.

6.   It may not help that Bush has a position on abortion that appears calculated to please both sides.

7.   Often he has pleased neither side.

8.   The announcements paralleled the way Bush last summer sought to please all sides of the stem cell debate.

9.   Benjamin Netanyahu tried to please all sides in Israel.

10.   But sporadic stone-throwing at the troops overnight by young Bogside Catholics showed how difficult it is to please either side.