Word: relief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some areas was less than a fifth of the usual level. In a region where more than three-quarters of the fresh water normally comes from the spring runoff of the snowpack, the water-supply outlook for the summer months is ominous. April brought none of the hoped-for relief; it marked the seventh straight month with below-normal precipitation over much of the Far West...
...upsetting when a welldressed teenaged boy says he thinks "We should have a higher social standing, not so low." Another adds, "I think this government should go and be replaced by another one that's more right-wing." The members of the upper class stand in sharp relief against the workers who point proudly to a director's house that is now a daycare center, and the people who describe the changes in their lives and speak hopefully of a socialist future. The legality of Allende's government did not mollify those who saw their positions threatened by social reforms...
...used in that regard." He contends "it's sheer speculation" that his bank stock will be worth far less than he paid for it by year's end. But if it is, he says, "I wouldn't hesitate to ask the President for some relief" -meaning a waiver of his pledge to sell the stock. Lance's trustee, Thomas Mitchell, says flatly: "I am not going to dispose of that stock at current market value come Dec. 31 or any other time. I'm not going to drop Bert a million dollars for going...
...Nomads band together, roaming the countryside in loosely organized groups, terrorizing their neighbors as they look for a place to hang their dusty boots. One explanation frequently offered for this phenomenon of peripatetic organizations is that while many of the groups are formed by individuals seeking relief from the insecurities of modern mass culture, others are actually being moved by some unseen bureaucratic force, which has an ulterior motive in stimulating constant movement. See Erik Von Daniken's discussion of this theory in Chariots of the Gods...
...astonishingly versatile English director Frank Dunlop has maintained an admirably sane balance between the ironic lightness of Chekhov's comedy and the Stygian strain of his pathos. For the subtlest of comic relief, Dunlop could not have wished for anything better than that provided by Barnard Hughes as a compassionate, sodden and cheerily nihilistic regimental doctor. In serving Chekhov with unswerving fidelity, BAM adds another medal of honor to its growing collection...