Word: reliefer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ombudsmen are officers, in Scandinavian countries and New Zealand, to whom a citizen with a grievance against the government can turn for intercession and relief...
...useful in encouraging the makers of U.S. policy to sharpen and define their views, but it is also heavily uninformed, riddled with emotional cliches and misunderstandings of both Asia and Communism-a throwback to the oversimplicities of the 1930s. Many intellectuals pounced on Viet Nam almost with relief, because it once again gave them an easy target and a chance to feel a little martyred...
...season. The movement is incredibly sensual, and the intensity of Yannatos' interpretation enhanced this quality. The melody, introduced by the celli, is first picked up by the rest of the strings, and finally by the oboe and the rest of the orchestra. The tension builds slowly with only momentary relief, until the audience almost aches for it to end. But it continues until the trumpets recall the melody of the first movement at the climax, and the violins harp, and woodwinds end it, sweetly satisfied...
Scott, the tall and ubiquitous righthander, will probably start against B.C. McCandlish pitched against Army, but Coach Norm Shepard may use him in relief either today or against Tufts tomorrow just to keep him in shape. Larry Melfa, who shut out M.I.T. 11-0 last week, is a good bet to start in the Tufts game...
...lifted a great burden from U.S. business, which had lived in dread and uncertainty for months about the possibility of a strike. The stock market climbed to three new records after the news, wound up the week with the Dow-Jones average standing at a robust 922. Most important, relief turned to a fresh wave of optimism as good economic news continued to pour...