Instead, they are "gladiators in suits" who mollify or avert a wide array of crises. Churchill decided to give Syria independence as a gesture to mollify Arab nationalism. All this, however, evidently failed to mollify Montagu. Many of his appointments were designed to mollify critics rather than to reward supporters. He was renamed Heracles in an unsuccessful attempt to mollify Hera. But that was not sufficient to mollify the opposition, which had the majority in congress. Zhao attempted to mollify the protesters by engaging in dialogue with student groups. However, this claim failed to mollify the regulators. If compensation could mollify families' feelings, this would help to keep the peace. This seemed to mollify some of Blue Book's critics, but it was only temporary. Henry needed to mollify the nobles and secure his throne. Arnuwanda attempted to mollify some of the Kaska tribes by means of tribute. She appears to have been a careful housekeeper, and able to mollify her husband. Bismarck's successor, Leo von Caprivi felt no need to mollify Russia. Unfortunately for Rogers, this did not mollify the CRTC Enforcements Division.