Word: relief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whether the demands of justice have been fully met, especially in the case of the pardoned President, will long be debated. But certainly for Richard Nixon, as well as for his convicted coconspirators, Watergate has proved a personal disaster. The verdict was a reason for relief rather than jubilation. But it was a fitting way to close a sorry chapter in U.S. history and to begin a new year...
...first part of the book, which is devoted to Prince's earlier experiences on Broadway, tends to be boring. Prince dissects one production after another, and they all begin to sound alike--find the love interest, the comic relief, figure out what will sell. There are few anecdotes, and, although there are quite a lot of names, few characters. If Prince had concentrated more on only one or two productions, carefully analyzing the dynamics of the collective creative process that lay behind a particular play, he might have provided some more insight into the way a hit musical is mounted...
...slow, relentless working of the U.S. Constitution, the Congress and ultimately the public conscience. Nixon's departure was a strange and absorbing spectacle, but the great damage had been done by the months of accusation and uncertainty, not by the resignation itself. The end was greeted mostly with relief as the beginning of recovery...
...week's end, the death toll had reached 48 and was expected to rise; at least 900 were injured and 100 missing. Nearly half the population were without even the shell of a home for shelter; the city had no potable water, power or a working sewage system. Relief officials feared outbreaks of cholera and tetanus induced by contaminated water supplies and inadequate medical treatment...
...trip, Wall also disabused himself of his earlier belief that acupuncture's effects are derived from hypnosis. He decided instead that the Chinese have now developed a powerful combination of three classical techniques: relief of anxiety, suggestion and distraction. When necessary, they reinforce these with modern drugs. Wall concludes that acupuncture does not work very well on many people. But because it is effective for some, he feels that it is worthy of further scientific study...