(n.) The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Relative to the perceived severity of their asthma, both Maoris and Pacific Islanders lost more time from work or school and used hospital services more than European asthmatics using A & E. The increased use of A & E by Maori and Pacific Island asthmatics seemed not attributable to the intrinsic severity of their asthma and was better explained by ethnic, socioeconomic and sociocultural factors.
(2) A programme is described in which indigenous personnel are trained to provide culturally appropriate rehabilitation services for islanders of the Pacific Basin.
(3) The history of tobacco production and marketing is sketched, and the literature on chronic diseases related to smoking is summarized for the Pacific region.
(4) We continue to work closely with Pacific partner countries and regional organisations to build resilience and manage the impacts of climate change on economic development.” Aluka Rakin, director of Youth to Youth in Health in Majuro, said the organisation’s clinic is falling apart.
(5) The Australian prime minister and the Russian president discussed the Malaysia Airlines tragedy during a 15-minute meeting on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit on Tuesday.
(6) While none of the fears that have rattled markets are yet realised, the relentless focus on possible risks will likely see another soggy Asia-Pacific trading session.
(7) There followed a sponsors’ event at which Wayne Rooney , Ander Herrera and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were present, along with James Reigle, the club’s Asia Pacific managing director.
(8) A warship from Russia’s Pacific fleet also accompanied former Russian president Medvedev’s visit to San Francisco in 2010.” Officials from the Russian embassy in Canberra declined to confirm the details when contacted by Guardian Australia on Wednesday.
(9) Chronic dietary deficiency of calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) with excessive intake of aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of high incidence amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the Western Pacific.
(10) And they say the Trans-Pacific deal will do big favours for pharmaceutical companies and other US corporations, for instance, by lengthening copyright protections and the monopoly period for newly developed drugs.
(11) By three years after the end of the war the World Health Organization, the South Pacific Commission, and local administrative structures had been set up.
(12) Marine Rotational Force – Darwin” (MRF-D) is one of four American marine air ground task forces (MAGTFs) in the Asia-Pacific region, along with those in Guam, Hawaii and Okinawa, the sum of which make up a central strategic pillar of the pivot.
(13) Since 2008 a massive public security "pacification" campaign has allowed police to regain control of dozens of neighbourhoods which had been off-limits to the authorities for years.
(14) We could also expand our bilateral human rights dialogues with China and Vietnam to other nations within the Asia Pacific.” She said a moratorium could be the first step towards ending the death penalty globally.
(15) The 220km rail connection would connect Cartagena, on the northern Atlantic coast of Colombia, with its Pacific coast – making it easier for China to export its goods through the Americas and import raw materials such as coal.
(16) Ciguatera poisoning is the most common foodborne illness caused by a chemical toxin in the United States and is endemic in the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific.
(17) Nevertheless, persistent psychiatric sequelae (especially psychoneurosis but also schizophrenia) are the more notable and pervasive for both Pacific World War II POW's and Korean War POW's as seen not only in elevated hospital admission rates but also in VA disability awards and in symptoms reported on the cornell Medical Index Health Questionnaire.
(18) Officials with the US Drought Monitor say a ridge of high pressure is to blame for keeping storms off the Pacific coast and guiding them to the east.
(19) Is Mexico the diplomatic equivalent of the Pacific garbage patch: the place where failed negotiations go to die?
(20) Clustering of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) occurs in the western Pacific, but has not been convincingly demonstrated for the sporadic form of the disease which occurs throughout the rest of the world.
Peace
Definition:
(v.) A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose
(v.) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
(v.) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
(v.) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.
(v.) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord.
(v. t. & i.) To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
Example Sentences:
(1) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
(2) We will never give up our hope for peace,” added Netanyahu.
(3) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
(4) However, he has also insisted that North Korea live up to its own commitments, adhere to its international obligations and deal peacefully with its neighbours.
(5) A number of asylum seekers detained in the family camp on Nauru have begun peaceful protests over conditions at the centre.
(6) "We have peace in Sierra Leone now, and Tony Blair made a huge contribution to that," said Warrant Officer Abu Bakerr Kamara.
(7) The prime minister insisted, however, that he and other world leaders were not being stubborn over demands that the Syrian leader, President Bashar al-Assad, step down at the end of the peace process.
(8) Journalists should never be a propaganda arm of any government – not in peace and never in war.
(9) These days, all Russian 15-year-olds study War and Peace as part of their national curriculum.
(10) Sadly, the Jewish fanatic who assassinated Rabin in 1995 achieved his broader aim of derailing the peace train.
(11) Judge John Burgess told the men that their intention was “to do great harm in a peaceful community”.
(12) She also welcomed the wider context of Mohammed's release: "I do believe that this time there will be peace," she said, referring to the talks due to open on Wednesday.
(13) Two days after Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse , published a beautiful essay calling for this year's First World War commemorations to " honour those who died " and "celebrate the peace we now share", Michael Gove has delivered the government's response.
(14) • Mubarak becomes a major mediator in the Arab-Israeli peace process, remaining a consistent US ally bolstered by billions of dollars in American aid.
(15) Laryngo-tracheal traumatisms are not frequent at peace time.
(16) Our later measures – parliament's power to declare peace and war, MPs to be subject to a right to recall, an end to the royal prerogative, an elected Lords – were about a 21st-century democracy, with citizenship to be founded on a new bill of rights and responsibilities and, in time, a written constitution.
(17) "What Russia is doing now in Ukraine threatens peace and security in Europe ," said Nato's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
(18) He was the peaceful activist whose sudden disappearance into a phalanx of riot police on a Baltimore street sparked a viral panic.
(19) | Mary Dejevsky Read more Third, if that breakthrough can be delivered with good faith on all sides, that could potentially be the basis to revive the Kerry-Lavrov ceasefire , open humanitarian channels into Aleppo, and start the process of negotiating a lasting peace.
(20) Kerry, however, has called on Egypt to respect the right of peaceful protest, including pro-Morsi rallies.