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We should certainly know what is being taught in all our schools, and to expect a private inspection cadre, which will inevitably soon fall under the control of Deobandis who will put up the shutters to Ofsted while feeding it placative lies, is a crass and reckless step that we shall all come to rue. libertyni

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The lieutenant governor of the colony was an ambivalent, placative man named George Arthur, who might well have preferred that travesty of humaneness.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The lieutenant governor of the colony was an ambivalent, placative man named George Arthur, who might well have preferred that travesty of humaneness.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

And with a little flurry of placative laughter, she added: "At your age, of course!"

The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 1918

” And with a little flurry of placative laughter, she added: “At your age, of course!

Chapter 23 1918

Penrod's answer, like the look he lifted to the impressive stranger, was meek and placative.

Penrod 1914

Finally Silas went home defeated, with a last word, half condemnatory, half placative.

The Copy-Cat, & Other Stories 1910

The little man's voice was placative; his manner gravely ingratiating.

Square Deal Sanderson Charles Alden Seltzer 1908

She offered a murmur of placative laughter as her apology, and said:

Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William Booth Tarkington 1907

With a placative little laugh, Mr. Schofield remarked: "I git the swing to her all right, I reckon, but somehow it doesn't sound so kind of good as when I was writing it."

The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907